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Luke 13:27

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

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But he's going to say, 'Listen, I have no idea who you are or where you came from. Get away from me, all of you who chose to do wrong.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Just knowing about someone doesn't mean you actually know them — and they definitely know the difference.

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If people won't listen to you or welcome you in, just leave and shake the dust off your feet as you go — it's like saying 'I tried, but you chose not to hear this.' I'm telling you the truth: when judgment day comes, it's going to be harder on those cities than it was for Sodom and Gomorrah.

Yeah, all of Israel messed up and broke your rules — we literally turned away so we wouldn't have to listen to what you were saying. So now the consequences you warned us about are happening, just like it was written in Moses' law, because we chose to go against you.

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