Luke 13:27

He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

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He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

BSB

And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’

KJV

But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

ASV

and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

BBE

But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐρεῖ erei he will speak G4483 λέγων legōn saying G3004 ὑμῖν humin to you G4771 οὐκ ouk not G3756 οἶδα oida I do know G6063 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771 πόθεν pothen from where G4159 ἐστέ este you are G1510 ἀπόστητε apostēte do depart G868 ἀπ ap᾽ from G575 ἐμοῦ emou me G1473 πάντες pantes all [you] G3956 οἱ hoi (the) G3588 ἐργάται ergatai workers G2040 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 ἀδικίας adikias of unrighteousness G93

The early church

(reg. brev. ad int. 282.) He perhaps speaks to those whom the Apostle describes in his own person, saying, If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have all knowledge, and give all my goods to feed the poor, but have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. For whatever is done not from regard to the love of God, but to gain praise from men, obtains no praise from God.
Basil of Caesarea · d. 379Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Serm. 111.) Now our Lord in no wise contradicts Himself when He says, that there are few who enter in at the strait gate, and elsewhere, Many shall come from the east and the west; (Matt. 8:11.) for there are few in comparison with those who are lost, many when united with the angels. Scarcely do they seem a grain when the threshing floor is swept, but so great a mass will come forth from this floor, that it will fill the granary of heaven.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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, must strive to enter. Here are awakening considerations, to enforce this exhortation. Oh that we may be all awakened by them! They answer the question, Are there few that shall be saved? But let none despond either as to themselves or others, for there are last who shall be first, and first who shall be last. If we reach heaven, we shall meet many there whom we little thought to meet, and miss many whom we expected to find.

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Wicked (People)SinHypocrisyDespondency

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.