Luke 6:46

Modern

Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

Traditional

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Literal

And why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?

Latin

Quid autem vocatis me Domine, Domine: et non facitis quæ dico?

Greek

English

Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

The main theme of the great sermon of Jesus is that those who repent and enter the kingdom of God will live in a truly righteous way.

Matthew 7:21–23
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
Luke 13:25–27
After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Matthew 25:44
And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
John 13:13–17
You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
Matthew 25:24
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
Matthew 25:11
Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’