New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 7:23
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Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
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And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
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And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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And then I will profess to them, ‘I never knew you⁺; depart from Me, [you] working lawlessness!’
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Matthew 7
21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
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