New Testament in a Year

²³ Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He answered, ²⁴ “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter but will not succeed in doing so.

²⁵ “When once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door and begging, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will say in reply, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ ²⁶ Then you will protest, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷ But he will say, ‘I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’

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 as you yourselves are being thrown out. ²⁹ Then from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, people will come 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.”

³¹ Herod’s Desire To Kill Jesus.^[a] At that time, some Pharisees came and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else, for Herod wants to kill you.” ³² He answered them, “Go and tell that fox: ‘Behold, today and tomorrow I will be casting out demons and healing people, and on the third day I will finish my work. ³³ Yet I must continue to go on today and tomorrow and the next day, since it would not be right for a prophet to be killed outside Jerusalem.

³⁴ The Lament over Jerusalem.^[b]“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you murder the Prophets and stone the messengers sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not allow it! ³⁵ Behold, your house has been abandoned. I tell you, you will not see me until you say: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”