KJV King James Version
The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord.
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Matthew 10:24
The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
WEB World English Bible
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
ASV American Standard Version
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;
Surrounding context — Matthew 10
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24 The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐκG3756 · ounoἔστινG1510 · eimito beμαθητὴςG3101 · mathētēsdiscipleὑπὲρG5228 · huperabove/forτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιδάσκαλονG1320 · didaskalosteacherοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorδοῦλοςG1401 · doulosslaveὑπὲρG5228 · huperabove/forτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριονG2962 · kurioslord: Godαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
John 15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Luke 6:40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.John 13:16Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.Hebrews 12:2-4Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.2 Samuel 11:11And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
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