Luke 13:24
Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able.
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23Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them:
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.
Isaiah 58:2For they seeke me dayly, and wyll knowe my wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd right, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me concerning right iudgement, and wyll be nye vnto God.
Matthew 7:13Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat.
Mark 6:18For Iohn sayde vnto Herode: It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wyfe.
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 →