Luke 6:40 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Luke 6:38 `Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

Luke 6:39 And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

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

Luke 6:41 `And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

Luke 6:42 or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thine eye--thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye.

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 spake a simile to them..." into verse 41's "And why dost thou behold 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.