Luke 6:46

46 "Why do you call me Lord but don't do what I tell you?

Luke 6:46 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:46

And why call ye me Lord, Lord
Or, "my Lord, my Lord", as the Syriac version renders it; acknowledging, in words, his government over them; claiming an interest in him, and making use of his name and authority:

and do not the things which I say;
or "command"; and therefore such words in their mouths would be of no use to them, since they neither did his Father's will, which he taught them, nor observed his commands and ordinances which he enjoined them; and therefore should not enter into the kingdom of heaven, nor be owned by him another day, but should be bid to depart from him; (See Gill on Matthew 7:21). (See Gill on Matthew 7:22). (See Gill on Matthew 7:23).

Luke 6:46 In-Context

44 Each tree is known by its fruit. You don't pick figs from thorny plants or grapes from a thornbush.

45 Good people do the good that is in them. But evil people do the evil that is in them. The things people say come from inside them.

46 "Why do you call me Lord but don't do what I tell you?

47 "I will show you what everyone who comes to me, hears what I say, and obeys it is like.

48 He is like a person who dug down to bedrock to lay the foundation of his home. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house. But the house couldn't be washed away because it had a good foundation.