23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'


In Context

20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'

23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

Matthew 7:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23and then I will acknowledge to them, that — I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:23And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.