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Andκαὶhe will speak,ἐρεῖsayingλέγωνto you,ὑμῖν‘I do notΟὐκknowοἶδαwhereπόθενyou are from.ἐστέDepartἀπόστητεfromἀπ’me,ἐμοῦallπάντεςyouworkersἐργάταιof unrighteousness!’ἀδικίας
Luke 13:27
Study it in the app“And he will speak, saying to you, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:27, word by word
- he will speakἐρεῖerei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “erei” appears- knowοἶδαoida
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oida” appears- whereπόθενpothen
from where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appears- you are fromἐστέeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- Departἀπόστητεapostēte
depart
To move away from a place or person.
Where else “apostēte” appears- workersἐργάταιergatai
worker, laborer
Worker, laborer, especially a hired worker in the fields; also one who does something.
Where else “ergatai” appears- of unrighteousness!’ἀδικίαςadikias
unrighteousness
Injustice, unrighteousness.
Where else “adikias” appears
Translation note
Words of Psalm 6:8.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
"I never knew you"
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Luke 13:25-27
25Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from.’ 26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27And he will speak, saying to you, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’
21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many miracles?’ 23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’
The context
26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
27 · This verse (above)
28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you being thrown out.
To study Luke 13 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?