Luke 13:22-30

New American Standard Bible

Teaching in the Villages

²² And He was passing through one city and village after another, teaching, and ^(A)proceeding on His way to Jerusalem. ²³ And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, ²⁴ “^(B)Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ²⁵ Once the head of the house gets up and ^(C)shuts the door, and you begin standing outside and knocking on the door, saying, ‘^(D)Lord, open up to us!’ and He then will answer and say to you, ‘^(E)I do not know where you are from.’ ²⁶ Then you will ^(F)begin saying, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’ ²⁷ And yet He will ^[a]say, ‘^(G)I do not know where you are from; ^(H)leave Me, all you ^[b]evildoers.’ ^28 (I)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. ²⁹ And they ^(J)will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, ^(K)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”