Luke 6:40

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A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 13:16 : 16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
  • Matt 10:24-25 : 24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

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    24“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

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  • John 13:15-16
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    15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

    16I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

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    14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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