Luke 13:24
Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
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23And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,
Cross References
Joshua 7:3Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.
Proverbs 14:6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
Isaiah 58:2Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.
Matthew 7:13Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
Mark 6:18For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
Matthew Henry on Luke 13:24-31
Curiosity Checked; The Doom of Sinful Professors. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We… Read the whole commentary →