Matthew 10:24

THE MESSAGE

"A student doesn't get a better desk than her teacher. A laborer doesn't make more money than his boss. Be content—pleased, even—when you, my students, my harvest hands, get the same treatment I get. If they call me, the Master, ‘Dungface,' what can the workers expect?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A disciple

King James Version (1611)
The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his lord.

King James Version
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

English Standard Version
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

New American Standard Bible
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

New Century Version
"A student is not better than his teacher, and a servant is not better than his master.

Amplified Bible
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a bond-servant above his master.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

Legacy Standard Bible
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

Berean Standard Bible
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

Contemporary English Version
Disciples are not better than their teacher, and slaves are not better than their master.

Complete Jewish Bible
"A talmid is not greater than his rabbi, a slave is not greater than his master.

Darby Translation
The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Students are not better than their teacher. Servants are not better than their master.

George Lamsa Translation
No disciple is more important than his teacher, and no servant than his master.

Good News Translation
"No pupil is greater than his teacher; no slave is greater than his master.

Lexham English Bible
"A disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor a slave superior to his master.

Literal Translation
A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above his lord.

American Standard Version
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

Bible in Basic English
A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

Hebrew Names Version
"A talmid is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

International Standard Version
"A disciple is not above his teacher, and a slave is not above his master.Luke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
The disciple is not greater than his master, nor the servant than his lord.

Murdock Translation
No disciple is better than his rabbi; nor a servant, than his lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The disciple is not aboue the maister, nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde.

English Revised Version
A disciple is not above his master, nor a servant above his lord.

World English Bible
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

Weymouth's New Testament
"The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The disciple is not aboue the maistir, ne the seruaunt aboue hys lord;

Update Bible Version
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his lord.

Webster's Bible Translation
The disciple is not above [his] teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

New English Translation
"A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

New King James Version
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

New Living Translation
"Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.

New Life Bible
"A follower is not greater than his teacher. A servant who is owned by someone is not greater than his owner.

New Revised Standard
"A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A, disciple, is not above, the teacher, nor, a servant, above, his lord:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.

Revised Standard Version
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The disciple ys not above hys master: nor yet ye servaut above his lorde.

Young's Literal Translation
`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The disciple is not aboue the master, nether the seruaunt aboue the LORDE.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"A cowhand isn't over the trail boss and a horse isn't above its rider.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ "Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove. ¹⁷"Don't be naive. Some people will impugn your motives, others will smear your reputation—just because you believe in me. Don't be upset when they haul you before the civil authorities. Without knowing it, they've done you—and me—a favor, given you a platform for preaching the kingdom news! And don't worry about what you'll say or how you'll say it. The right words will be there; the Spirit of your Father will supply the words. ²¹"When people realize it is the living God you are presenting and not some idol that makes them feel good, they are going to turn on you, even people in your own family. There is a great irony here: proclaiming so much love, experiencing so much hate! But don't quit. Don't cave in. It is all well worth it in the end. It is not success you are after in such times but survival. Be survivors! Before you've run out of options, the Son of Man will have arrived. ²⁴"A student doesn't get a better desk than her teacher. A laborer doesn't make more money than his boss. Be content—pleased, even—when you, my students, my harvest hands, get the same treatment I get. If they call me, the Master, ‘Dungface,' what can the workers expect? ²⁶"Don't be intimidated. Eventually everything is going to be out in the open, and everyone will know how things really are. So don't hesitate to go public now. ²⁸ "Don't be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There's nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands. ²⁹"What's the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do. He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries. ³²"Stand up for me against world opinion and I'll stand up for you before my Father in heaven. If you turn tail and run, do you think I'll cover for you? ³⁴"Don't think I've come to make life cozy. I've come to cut—make a sharp knife-cut between son and father, daughter and mother, bride and mother-in-law—cut through these cozy domestic arrangements and free you for God. Well-meaning family members can be your worst enemies. If you prefer father or mother over me, you don't deserve me. If you prefer son or daughter over me, you don't deserve me. ³⁸"If you don't go all the way with me, through thick and thin, you don't deserve me. If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you'll find both yourself and me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:11, Luke 6:40, John 13:16, John 15:20, Hebrews 12:2-4

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 8:7 - they have not John 17:14 - the world Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction Hebrews 13:13 - General James 3:1 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The disciple is not above his master,.... So far from it, that he is inferior to him; as in knowledge, so in reputation and character; and cannot expect the same honour to be given him, and the same respect shown to him, as to his master; and therefore if his master is not used with that decency, and in that becoming manner he ought to be, he must not think it any hardship if he is treated in the same way. Our Lord hereby intends to fortify the minds of his disciples against all the reproach and persecution they were to meet with from the world, by observing to them the treatment he himself met with; wherefore, if he who was their master, a teacher that came from God, and taught as never man did, and was worthy of the utmost deference that could be paid, was maligned and evilly treated by men, it became them who were his disciples, to look for, and patiently bear such indignities; since they could expect no better usage than he himself had: the same doctrine is suggested in the next clause,

nor the servant above his Lord; and both seem to be proverbial expressions. The Jews have a saying h much like unto them, מרבו

אין העבד זכה, "no servant is worthier than his master"; and Christ might make use of such common, well known expressions, that he might be the more easily understood, and in the most familiar manner convey what he intended, into the minds of his disciples; as, that since he was their Lord, and they were his servants, if his superior character and dignity did not secure him from the obloquy and insults of men, it could not be thought by them, who were inferior to him, that they should escape them.

h T. Hieros. Maaser Sheni, fol. 55. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The disciple is not above his master ... - That is, you must expect the same treatment which I have received. They have called me, your Master and Teacher, Beelzebub, the prince of the devils (see Matthew 12:24; Luke 11:15; John 8:48), and you must expect that they will call all of the family by the same name. “Beelzebub” was a god of the Ekronites. See 2 Kings 1:2. The word literally means “the god of flies,” so called because this idol was supposed to protect them from the numerous swarms of flies with which that country abounded. The correct reading here, as in Luke 11:15, Luke 11:18-19; Mark 3:22, is supposed to be, not “Beelzebub,” but “Beelzebul” (Griesbach, Hahn, Robinson, Lexicon) an Aramean form of the word meaning the “god of dung” or “filth.” The name, thus altered by the Jews by changing a single letter, was given to Satan to express supreme contempt and aversion. The Jews seem to have first given to Satan the name of a pagan god, and then, to express their sense of the character of Satan, to have changed that name by altering a single letter so as to express their aversion in the most emphatic manner. By giving the name to Christ, they poured upon him the greatest possible abuse and contempt.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:24. The disciple is not above his master — Or in plainer terms, A scholar is not above his teacher. The saying itself requires no comment, its truth and reasonableness are self-evident, but to the spirit and design we should carefully attend. Jesus is the great teacher: we profess to be his scholars. He who keeps the above saying in his heart will never complain of what he suffers. How many irregular thoughts and affections is this maxim capable of restraining! A man is not a scholar of Christ unless he learn his doctrine; and he does not learn it as he ought unless he put it in practice.