²² On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons^(A) in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’^{(B) 23} Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!’^[a](C)[b]

³³ But whoever denies Me before men,^(A) I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

¹² “But he replied, ‘I assure you: I do not know you!’