Luke 13:24
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and not be able.
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23And someone said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” But he said to them:
Cross References
Joshua 7:3And returning, they said to him: “Let not the entire people go up. Instead, let two or three thousand men go out and destroy the city. Why should all the people be troubled without cause against enemies that are so very few?”
Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The hardship of the foolish will afflict those who do not know to go into the city.
Isaiah 58:2For they also seek me, from day to day, and they are willing to know my ways, like a nation which has done justice and has not abandoned the judgment of their God. They petition me for judgments of justice. They are willing to draw near to God.
Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leads to perdition, and many there are who enter through it.
Mark 6:18For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful 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 →