Luke 13:25

World English Bible (2000)

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

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  • Matt 25:10-12 : 10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.' 12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
  • Luke 13:27 : 27 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?' 23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?
  • 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
  • Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice, 8 don't harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
  • Heb 12:17 : 17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
  • Gen 7:16 : 16 Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

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  • 86%

    26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

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

    28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

    29 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

  • 85%

    23 One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,

    24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

  • 81%

    10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

    11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'

    12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

    13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

  • 77%

    36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

    37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

  • 77%

    33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

    34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

  • 7 and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

  • 75%

    39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

    40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

  • Matt 7:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

    22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

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

  • 74%

    42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

    43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

    44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

  • 29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • Luke 11:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

    10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

  • 21 "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

  • 50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

  • John 10:1-2
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    1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

    2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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    46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

    47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

  • 33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • 35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

  • 13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

  • 7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

  • 30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

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    23 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

    24 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

  • 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

  • 6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

  • 13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

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    44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'

    45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

  • 15 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

  • 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

  • 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?