³ Keep just a bit of the hair and tie it up in your robe.

¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.

⁶ So Jeremiah returned to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived in Judah with the few who were still left in the land.

¹⁰ But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in the land of Judah, and he assigned them to care for the vineyards and fields.

¹⁸ And also,

²³ Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”

He replied, ²⁴ “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

¹⁴ But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

¹² But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.