What Does Luke 6:46 Mean in the King James?

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

Luke 6:46 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The title “Lord” is tested by whether his words take shape in what you do.

THE MEANING

The question reaches you when you call Jesus Lord: the title on your lips and the words you live by can diverge. His words are not an ornament to the title; this verse lays bare whether they shape your actions.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that saying “Lord, Lord” is itself proof that you have yielded to Jesus’ authority.

THE ROOT

ποιεῖτε

poieite

GROWS FROM

⁨ποιέω⁩ (poieō), stem ⁨ποιε-⁩

To make, bring about, or do.

“do” in this verse is poieite. The Greek verb holds “doing” together with “making”: what he says is meant to take form in your actions. The question exposes the gap between naming him as Lord and making his words visible in how you act.

ALSO GROWS

poiētēs: Maker, doer

ποιητής

James uses this related word for a “doer” of the word, showing the same make/do family at work in a response that takes shape.

poiēma: Thing made, workmanship

ποίημα

This related word names what has been made; it echoes the movement from hearing words to their taking form.

THE PATTERN

Hearing or naming the word finds its expression in doing what it says.

Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Deuteronomy 5:27 · KJVHearing and doing appear together as the response to what the LORD says.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 7:21 · KJVLike Luke, this verse places saying “Lord, Lord” beside the doing that gives the words substance.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 1:22 · KJVThe verse names the same gap between hearing words and letting them take shape in action.

THE THREAD

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

Luke 6:47 · KJV

The same Greek verb ⁨ποιέω⁩ (poieō), meaning “do” or “make,” appears in both verses. Verse 47 opens the image that follows: hearing and doing his sayings is what gives the foundation its form.

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