Matthew 7:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then I will tell them publicly, 'I've never known you. Get away from me, you evil people.'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

ASV:

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

BBE:

And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

DBY:

and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.

ERV:

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

WEY:

"And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'

WBS:

And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

WEB:

Then I will tell them,'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

YLT:

and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

Matthew 7:23 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all you who do iniquity, For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

Matthew 25:41 "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

Luke 13:27 and He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:23 And then will I profess unto them, {f} I never knew you: depart from me, {g} ye that work iniquity.
(f) This is not of ignorance, but because he will cast them away.
(g) You that are given to all kinds of wickedness, and seem to make an art of sin.

PNT:

7:23 I never knew you. I never knew you must be accepted in its deeper signification of recognizing the disciples. Augustine says that for Christ to say, I never knew you, is only another way of saying, You never knew me.
Depart from me, ye that work iniquity. In spite of all their professions they had been evil doers. Their religion expended itself in professions and prayers. Hence, in that day they are commanded to depart. What it is to so depart we may learn from Mt 25:41. It is evident from this passage that many are self-deceived.

WES:

7:23 I never knew you - There never was a time that I approved of you: so that as many souls as they had saved, they were themselves never saved from their sins. Lord, is it my case? Luke 13:27.

MHC:

7:21-29 Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue. It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live a holy life, that we love one another. This is his will, even our sanctification. Let us take heed of resting in outward privileges and doings, lest we deceive ourselves, and perish eternally, as multitudes do, with a lie in our right hand. Let every one that names the name of Christ, depart from all sin. There are others, whose religion rests in bare hearing, and it goes no further; their heads are filled with empty notions. These two sorts of hearers are represented as two builders. This parable teaches us to hear and do the sayings of the Lord Jesus: some may seem hard to flesh and blood, but they must be done. Christ is laid for a foundation, and every thing besides Christ is sand. Some build their hopes upon worldly prosperity; others upon an outward profession of religion. Upon these they venture; but they are all sand, too weak to bear such a fabric as our hopes of heaven. There is a storm coming that will try every man's work. When God takes away the soul, where is the hope of the hypocrite? The house fell in the storm, when the builder had most need of it, and expected it would be a shelter to him. It fell when it was too late to build another. May the Lord make us wise builders for eternity. Then nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ Jesus. The multitudes were astonished at the wisdom and power of Christ's doctrine. And this sermon, ever so often read over, is always new. Every word proves its Author to be Divine. Let us be more and more decided and earnest, making some one or other of these blessednesses and Christian graces the main subject of our thoughts, even for weeks together. Let us not rest in general and confused desires after them, whereby we grasp at all, but catch nothing.

CONC:

Acknowledge Avow Begone Declare Depart Doers Evil Evildoers Iniquity Lawlessness Plainly Practice Profess Wickedness Workers Working

Acknowledge Avow Begone Declare Depart Doers Evil Evildoers Iniquity Lawlessness Plainly Practice Profess Wickedness Work Workers Working

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