The Narrow Way

²² He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.^{(A) 23} “Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved?” ^(B)

He said to them, ²⁴ “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,^(C) because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able ²⁵ once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.^(D) Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’ ²⁶ Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me,^(E) all you evildoers!’ ²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth^(F) in that place,^(G) when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,^(H) but yourselves thrown out. ²⁹ They will come from east and west, from north and south, to share the banquet^[a] in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”^(I)

Jesus and Herod Antipas

³¹ At that time some Pharisees came and told him, “Go, get out of here. Herod^(J) wants to kill you.”^(K)

³² He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.’^{[b](L) 33} Yet it is necessary that I^(M) travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet^(N) to perish^(O) outside of Jerusalem.

Jesus’s Lamentation over Jerusalem

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,^(P) who kills the prophets and stones^(Q) those who are sent to her.^(R) How often I wanted to gather your children^(S) together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^(T) but you were not willing!^{(U) 35} See, your house is abandoned to you.^(V) I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when^[c] you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’!”^[d](W)