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And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'
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Then I will announce to them, 'I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers! '
Matthew 7:23 In-Context
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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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 in your name perform many miracles?’
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Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
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“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.
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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.