Luke 6:46-47

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

6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice ⁴  – I will show you what he is like:

[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.

[6:47]  ⁴ tn Grk “and does them.”