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Luke 6:40
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KJ21
The disciple is not above his master, but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
ASV
The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
AMP
A student is not superior to his teacher; but everyone, after he has been completely trained, will be like his teacher.
AMPC
A pupil is not superior to his teacher, but everyone [when he is] completely trained (readjusted, restored, set to rights, and perfected) will be like his teacher.
BRG
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
CSB
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
CSBA
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
CEB
Disciples aren’t greater than their teacher, but whoever is fully prepared will be like their teacher.
CJB
A talmid is not above his rabbi; but each one, when he is fully trained, will be like his rabbi.
CEV
Are students better than their teacher? But when they are fully trained, they will be like their teacher.
DARBY
The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.
DLNT
A disciple is not above the teacher. But everyone having been fully-trained will be like his teacher.
DRA
The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.
ERV
Students are not better than their teacher. But when they have been fully taught, they will be like their teacher.
EASY
A student is not more important than his teacher is. But each student who has learned everything will be like his teacher.
EHV
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
ESV
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
ESVUK
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
EXB
A ·student [disciple] is not ·better than [above] the teacher, but ·the student [L everyone] who has been fully trained will be like the teacher.
GNV
The disciple is not above the master: but whosoever will be a perfect disciple, shall be as his master.
GW
A student is no better than his teacher. But everyone who is well-trained will be like his teacher.
GNT
No pupils are greater than their teacher; but all pupils, when they have completed their training, will be like their teacher.
HCSB
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
ICB
A student is not better than his teacher. But when the student has fully learned all that he has been taught, then he will be like his teacher.
ISV
A disciple is not better than his teacher. But everyone who is fully-trained will be like his teacher.
PHILLIPS
Then he gave them an illustration—“Can one blind man be guide to another blind man? Surely they will both fall into the ditch together. A disciple is not above his teacher, but when he is fully trained he will be like his teacher.”
JUB
The disciple is not above his master, but any one that is as the master shall be perfect.
KJV
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
AKJV
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
LSB
A student is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.
LEB
A disciple is not superior to his teacher, but everyone, when he is fully trained, will be like his teacher.
TLB
How can a student know more than his teacher? But if he works hard, he may learn as much.
MSG
He quoted a proverb: “‘Can a blind man guide a blind man?’ Wouldn’t they both end up in the ditch? An apprentice doesn’t lecture the master. The point is to be careful who you follow as your teacher.
MEV
The disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is trained will be like his teacher.
MOUNCE
A student is not above his teacher, but everyone when fully prepared will be like · his teacher.
NOG
A student is no better than his teacher. But everyone who is well-trained will be like his teacher.
NABRE
No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.
NASB
A student is not above the teacher; but everyone, when he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.
NASB1995
A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.
NCB
No student is greater than his teacher, but a fully trained student will be like his teacher.
NCV
A student is not better than the teacher, but the student who has been fully trained will be like the teacher.
NET
A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.
NIRV
The student is not better than the teacher. But everyone who is completely trained will be like their teacher.
NIV
The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
NIVUK
The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
NKJV
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
NLV
The follower is not more important than his teacher. But everyone who learns well will be like his teacher.
NLT
Students are not greater than their teacher. But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher.
NMB
The disciple is not above his master, but everyone will be formed even as his teacher is.
NRSVA
A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher.
NRSVACE
A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher.
NRSVCE
A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher.
NRSVUE
A disciple is not above the teacher, but every disciple who is fully qualified will be like the teacher.
NTFE
Students can’t do better than the teacher; when the course is done, they’ll all be just like the teacher.
OJB
A talmid is not above his moreh. But everyone, having been fully trained, will be like his moreh (teacher).
RGT
“The disciple is not above the master. But whoever would be a perfect disciple shall be as his master.
RSV
A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher.
RSVCE
A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher.
TLV
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
VOICE
You can’t turn out better than your teacher; when you’re fully taught, you will resemble your teacher.
WEB
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
WE
The one who learns is not better than his teacher. But every one who learns will be like his teacher when his teacher has finished teaching him.
WYC
A disciple is not above his master; but each shall be perfect, if he [shall] be as his master.
YLT
A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.
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