Luke 13:24

“Exert yourselves to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will try to enter and not manage it.

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In The King James Version

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

In Context

23Then someone said to Him, “Lord, are the ones being saved few?” So He said to them:

25When once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ and in answer he will say to you, ‘I do not know you; where are you from?’

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Cross References

Matthew 7:13“Go in through the narrow gate; because wide is the gate and broad is the way which leads away into perdition, and those who are going in through it are many.

Mark 6:18—John had kept saying to Herod, “It isn't 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 →

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