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23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.(A) 25 Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’(B) 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from; go away from me, all you evildoers!’(C) 28 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, and you yourselves thrown out.(D) 29 Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”(E)

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23 And someone said to him, “Lord, (A)will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, 24 (B)“Strive (C)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 (D)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, (E)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, (F)‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, (G)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will say, ‘I tell you, (H)I do not know where you come from. (I)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ 28 (J)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see (K)Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but (L)you yourselves cast out. 29 And (M)people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and (N)recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, (O)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

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