Matthew 7:22
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
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In Context
23And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
Cross References
Numbers 31:8They put the kings of Midian to death with the rest, Evi and Reken and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian: and Balaam, the son of Beor, they put to death with the sword.
Isaiah 2:11The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
Jeremiah 23:13And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.
Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 10:15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
Matthew 25:11After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:22-29
The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken… Read the whole commentary →