Luke 6:40 (DBY)

Passage

The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:39 And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind [man] lead a blind [man]? shall not both fall into [the] ditch?

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Luke 6:41 But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

Luke 6:42 or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow [me], I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "disciple", "above", "teacher", "perfected", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "disciple" and "above", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And he spoke also a parable to..." into verse 41's "But why lookest thou on the mote...", so "disciple" and "above" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "disciple" and "above" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.