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Why do you call me, `Lord, Lord,` and don`t do the things which I say?
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A Challenge to Believers
Commentators emphasize that Jesus's question is a direct challenge to those who profess to follow Him. It highlights the hypocrisy of acknowledging Jesus as 'Lord' with one's words while disobeying His commands with one's actions. Scholars note this isn't for outsiders, but for the crowd claiming allegiance to Him.
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And do not (κα ου ποιειτε). This is the point about every sermon that counts. The two parables that follow illustrate this point.<…
19th Century
Anglican
And why call you me, Lord, Lord.—The teaching is the same in substance, though not in form.
If Jesus’ audience was relaxing in the assumption that the preceding teachings were directed only at the Pharisees and their followers, they could …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And why call you me Lord, Lord Or, "my Lord, my Lord", as the Syriac version renders it; acknowledging, in words, hi…
Presbyterian
Christ often used all these sayings; it was easy to apply them. We ought to be very careful when we blame others, for we need allowance ourselves. …
