Luke 6:46

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“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?”

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“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:46 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
  2. Matthew 7:21Not 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.
  3. Matthew 25:11Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’
  4. Matthew 25:24Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
  5. Matthew 25:44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
  6. Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
  7. John 13:13You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
  8. Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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