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23 And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, 24 (A)Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 Once the head of the house gets up and (B)shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘(C)Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘(D)I do not know where you are from.’ 26 Then you will (E)begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 And He will say, ‘I tell you, (F)I do not know where you are from; (G)depart from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness.’ 28 (H)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being cast out. 29 And they (I)will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, (J)some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”

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23 “Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?”[a](A)

He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(B) because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able 25 once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.(C) Then you will stand[b] 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,[c] ‘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,(D) all you workers of unrighteousness!’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth(E) in that place,(F) when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,(G) but yourselves thrown out. 29 They will come from east and west, from north and south, and recline at the table(H) in the kingdom of God. 30 Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:23 Or are the saved few? (in number); lit are those being saved few?
  2. Luke 13:25 Lit you will begin to stand
  3. Luke 13:26 Lit you will begin to say