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Matthew 7:21-23 MWT "Not everyone who calls me 'Lord, Lord' will reside under the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father wants. (John 6:28-29; Mark 3:31-35; Mat 17:5) (22) When the Judgment Day comes, (John 3:19-21) many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! Did we not in your name speak God's message, and by your name drive out many demons and performed many miracles!' (23) Then I will say to them, 'Get away from me you workers of lawlessness (or wicked people), for I never knew you at all!'

Matthew 7:21-23 CEV Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into (reside under) the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. (John 6:28-29; Mark 3:31-35; Mat 17:5) (22) On the day of judgment (John 3:19-21) many will call me their Lord. They will say, "We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles." (23) But I will tell them, "I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!"

Matthew 7:21-23 YLT `Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. (John 6:28-29; Mark 3:31-35; Mat 17:5) (22) Many will say to me in that (judgment) day, (John 3:19-21) Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things? (23) and then I will acknowledge to them, that--I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV (21) "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (John 6:28-29; Mark 3:31-35; Mat 17:5) (22) On that (judgment) day (John 3:19-21) many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' (23) And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

Matthew 7:21-23 ALT (21) "Not every one saying to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, _but_ the one doing the will of My Father, the [One] in [the] heavens. (John 6:28-29; Mark 3:31-35; Mat 17:5) (22) "Many will say to Me in that (judgment) day, (John 3:19-21) 'Lord, Lord, we prophesied in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and did many miraculous works in Your name, did we not? (23) "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you*; be departing from Me, the ones practicing lawlessness!'

Matthew 7:21-23 MKJV (21) Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. [Mat 17:5] (22) Many will say to Me in that (judgment) day, (John 3:19-21) Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works? (23) And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness!

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation