The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
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Gill's Exposition
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,.... A lesser sin in comparison of others; for all sins are not alike, as the Stoics asserted: and though none are to be countenanced and…
See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luk 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully…
Adam Clarke
Every one that is perfect - Or, thoroughly instructed, κατηρτισμενος: - from καταρτιζω, to adjust, adapt, knit together, restore, or put in joint. The noun is used by the Greek medical writers to…
All these sayings of Christ we had before in Matthew; some of them in ch. 7, others in other places. They were sayings that Christ often used; they needed only to be mentioned, it was easy to apply…
Cambridge Bible
every one that is perfect shall be as his master Rather, who has been perfected, 2Ti 3:17. A favourite quotation of St John's, Luk 13:16; Luk 15:20. See Mat 10:25.