³⁴ When Esau heard the words of his father, ^(A)he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

¹⁷ For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was ^(A)rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

⁴ Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

^24 (A)“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for ^(B)many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ^25 (C)When once the Master of the house has risen up and ^(D)shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ^(E)‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ^(F)‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ ²⁶ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ ^27 (G)But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. ^(H)Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ ^28 (I)There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, ^(J)when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.