Matthew 7:23 - Plain English Version

²³ Then I will tell them, ‘I don’t know you mob. You are bad. You don’t do what God wants. So get away from me.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. [Ps. 6:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²³ Then I’ll tell them, ‘I’ve never known you. Get away from me, you people who do wrong.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And then will I disclose to them: 'I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.'

Matthew 7:23 Cross References

Matthew 25:12

But he said, ‘Who are you? I don’t know you.’ ”

Matthew 25:41

Then I will turn to the people on my left-hand side, and I will say to them, ‘Get away from me, you mob that God will punish. Go into that big fire that burns for ever. God made that fire for all the bad spirits and for their boss, the devil. And you have to go there too.

John 10:14

But I am not like those workers. I am like a good shepherd. I am ready to die to save my people. I know all my people, and all my people know me, just like I know God my father, and he knows me.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God gave us the true word that can’t ever change. It is like a solid slab of concrete that builders put a house on. And it is like they wrote some words in that concrete. It is like they wrote this, “God knows those people that belong to him,” And like they also wrote, “If anyone says that they belong to God, they have to stop doing bad things.” So God’s people have to live that way.