Luke 6:46

“Why ¹  do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ ²  and don’t do what I tell you? ³ 

Mal 1:6; Mt 7:21-23; Mt 25:11,24,44; Lu 13:25-27; Joh 13:13-17; Ga 6:7

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.

³ sn Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? Respect is not a matter of mere words, but is reflected in obedient action. This short saying, which is much simpler than its more developed conceptual parallel in Matt 7:21-23, serves in this form to simply warn and issue a call to hear and obey, as the last parable also does in vv. 47-49.