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23 One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?”

He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. 25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside. 29 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom. 30 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

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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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