Luke 6:46

6:46 “Why ¹  do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ ²  and don’t do what I tell you? ³ 

Matthew 7:21-22

Judgment of Pretenders

7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ ⁴  will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 7:22 On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do ⁵  many powerful deeds?’

Matthew 25:11-12

25:11 Later, ⁶  the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ ⁷  25:12 But he replied, ⁸  ‘I tell you the truth, ⁹  I do not know you!’

[6:46]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[6:46]  ² tn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.

[6:46]  ³ sn Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? Respect is not a matter of mere words, but is reflected in obedient action. This short saying, which is much simpler than its more developed conceptual parallel in Matt 7:21-23, serves in this form to simply warn and issue a call to hear and obey, as the last parable also does in vv. 47-49.

[7:21]  ⁴ sn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.

[7:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “and in your name do.” This phrase was not repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[25:11]  ⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[25:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “Open to us.”

[25:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[25:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”