Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²² Jesus went through the towns and villages on the way to Jerusalem. He was teaching the people as he went.

²³ A man asked him, `Sir, will only a few people be saved?'

²⁴ Jesus answered, `Try hard to go in by the small gate. I tell you, many will want to go in but they will not be able.

²⁵ The master of the house will get up and lock the door. Then you will be standing outside. You will begin to knock on the door and call, "Sir, open the door for us!" But he will answer, "I do not know where you belong."

²⁶ Then you will say, "We ate and drank with you. You taught in our streets."

²⁷ But he will say, "I tell you, I do not know where you belong. Go away from me all you who do wrong! "

²⁸ `You will see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God. And you will see yourselves thrown out. Then you will cry and make a noise with your teeth.

²⁹ People will come from the east, from the west, from the north, and from the south. They will sit down to eat in the kingdom of God.

³⁰ Yes, some people who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.'

³¹ At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus. They said to him, `Go away from here. Herod wants to kill you.'