Luke 13:27

Luke 13:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’

Context of Luke 13:27

25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 26“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’ 28“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

Luke 13:27 word by word

καὶ ἐρεῖ· λέγων ὑμῖν· οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς πόθεν ἐστέ, ἀπόστητε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ πάντες ἐργάται ἀδικίας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• he shall sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youσύsu · youG4771
• I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whenceπόθενpothen · whenceG4159
• ye areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• departἀφίστημιaphistēmi · to leaveG868
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• workersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• workersἐργάτηςergatēs · workerG2040
• of iniquityἀδικίαadikia · unrighteousnessG93

Cross-references for Luke 13:27

• Luke 13:25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
• Psalms 1:6For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
• Matthew 7:22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’
• Matthew 25:12“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
• 1 Corinthians 8:3But whoever loves God is known by God.
• Galatians 4:9But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
• Psalms 5:6you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.
• Psalms 6:8Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.
• Psalms 101:8Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.
• Psalms 119:115Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
• Hosea 9:12Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!
• Matthew 25:41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Commentaries on Luke 13:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27See the notes at Matthew 7:23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-30Verses 23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What shall I do, and what will become of me? Strive to enter in at the strait gate. This is directed to each of us; it is, Strive ye. All that will be saved, must enter in at the strait gate, must undergo a change of the whole man. Those that would enter in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. See on the similar passage (Mt 7:22, 23). eaten and drunk, &c.--We have sat with Thee at the same table. (See on Mt 7:22). taught in our streets--Do we not remember listening in our own streets to Thy teaching? Surely we are not to be denied admittance?Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:27

• Despondency
• Formalism
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Opportunity
• Reprobacy
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Nay
• Repent
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Iniquity
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Worker; Workfellow; Workman

Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings