Luke 13:22-35

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The Narrow Door

²²^(A)He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and ^(B)journeying toward Jerusalem. ²³And someone said to him, “Lord, ^(C)will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, ²⁴^(D)“Strive ^(E)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ²⁵^(F)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^(G)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^(H)‘I do not know where you come from.’ ²⁶Then you will begin to say, ^(I)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷But he will say, ‘I tell you, ^(J)I do not know where you come from. ^(K)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ ²⁸^(L)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see ^(M)Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but ^(N)you yourselves cast out. ²⁹And ^(O)people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and ^(P)recline at table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰And behold, ^(Q)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Lament over Jerusalem

³¹At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from ^(R)here, for ^(S)Herod wants to kill you.” ³²And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ^(T)I finish my course. ³³Nevertheless, ^(U)I ^(V)must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that ^(W)a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ ³⁴^(X)O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(Y)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ^(Z)How often would I have ^(AA)gathered ^(AB)your children together ^(AC)as a hen gathers her brood ^(AD)under her wings, and ^(AE)you were not willing! ³⁵Behold, ^(AF)your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ^(AG)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

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Psalm 124

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Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents. Of David.

124 ^(B)If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
    ^(C)let Israel now say—
²if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
    when people rose up against us,
³then they would have ^(D)swallowed us up alive,
    when their anger was kindled against us;
⁴then ^(E)the flood would have ^(F)swept us away,
    the torrent would have gone ^(G)over us;
⁵then over us would have gone
    the raging waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not given us
    as prey to their teeth!
⁷We have escaped like a bird
    from ^(H)the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
    and we have escaped!