Luke 13:24
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24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.(A)
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Matthew 7:13-14
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The Narrow Gate
13 “Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.(A) 14 For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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- 7.13 Other ancient authorities read for the road is wide and easy
2 Peter 1:10
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10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.
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Hebrews 4:11
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11 Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such disobedience as theirs.
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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24 Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.(A) 25 Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.(B) 26 So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air, 27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.(C)
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Ezekiel 33:31
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31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.[a](A)
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Philippians 2:12-13
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Shining as Lights in the World
12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence but much more now in my absence, work on your own salvation with fear and trembling,(A) 13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Luke 21:36
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36 Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”(A)
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John 6:27
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27 Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”(A)
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Proverbs 21:25
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25 The craving of the lazy person is fatal,
for lazy hands refuse to labor.(A)
Romans 10:3
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3 Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(A)
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Proverbs 1:24-28
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24 Because I have called and you refused,
have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,(A)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,(B)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you,(C)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(D)
John 7:34
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34 You will search for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.”(A)
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Isaiah 58:2-4
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2 Yet day after day they seek me
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they want God on their side.[a](A)
3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day
and oppress all your workers.(B)
4 You fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to strike with a wicked fist.
Such fasting as you do today
will not make your voice heard on high.(C)
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- 58.2 Or they delight to draw near to God
Ecclesiastes 10:15
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15 The toil of fools wears them out,
for they do not even know the way to town.
Colossians 1:29
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29 For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.(A)
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Romans 9:31-33
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31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(A) 32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,(B) 33 as it is written,
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall,
and whoever trusts in him[a] will not be put to shame.”(C)
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John 8:21
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Jesus Foretells His Death
21 Again he said to them, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”(A)
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Mark 6:18-20
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18 For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”(A) 19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not, 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed,[a] and yet he liked to listen to him.(B)
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
Matthew 11:12
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12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,[a] and violent people take it by force.(A)
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Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
John 13:33
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33 Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’(A)
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Genesis 32:25-26
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25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”(A)
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