I know not whence ye are (ouk oida pothen este). This blunt statement cuts the matter short and sweeps away the flimsy cobwebs. Acquaintance with Christ in the flesh does not open the door. Jesus quotes Psa 8:9 as in Mat 7:23, there as in the lxx, here with pantes ergatai adikias, there with hoi ergazomenoi tēn anomian. But apostēte (second aorist active imperative) here, and there apochōreite (present active imperative).