Matthew 10:25
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
δοῦλος
servant
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δοῦλος
Slave, servant, bondservant. Doulos. Paul a servant of Jesus Christ. The highest title Paul claimed was slave of Christ. Belonging completely to Jesus is the greatest freedom.
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κύριος
master
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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γίνομαι
he may become
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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πόσος
how much
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πόσος
How much, how many, how great. Posos. How much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts. If imperfect parents give good gifts imagine what a perfect Father gives.
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ἐπικαλέομαι
they called on,
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ἐπικαλέομαι
to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)
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μᾶλλον
more
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μᾶλλον
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
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διδάσκαλος
teacher
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διδάσκαλος
an instructor (genitive case or specially)
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οἰκιακός
house members
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οἰκιακός
familiar, i.e. (as noun) relatives
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εἰ
If
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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οἰκοδεσπότης
master of the house
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οἰκοδεσπότης
the head of a family
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