Matthew 7:22 (LSB)

Passage

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:20 So then, you will know them by their fruits.

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’

Matthew 7:23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "name", "prophesy", "cast", and "demons". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "name", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Not everyone who says to Me Lord..." into verse 23's "And then I will declare to them...", so "lord" and "name" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "name" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.