Luke 6:40 (GNV)

Passage

The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer will be a perfect disciple, shall bee as his master.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:38 Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you againe.

Luke 6:39 And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer will be a perfect disciple, shall bee as his master.

Luke 6:41 And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

Luke 6:42 Either howe canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou see, perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And he spake a parable vnto them..." into verse 41's "And why seest thou a mote in...", so "disciple" and "aboue" 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 "aboue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.