Luke 13:24
Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.
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In Context
23Then saide one vnto him, Lord, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them,
Cross References
Joshua 7:3And returned to Ioshua, and saide vnto him, Let not al the people go vp, but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not al the people to labour thither, for they are fewe.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying,
Matthew 7:13Enter in at the streight gate: for it is the wide gate, and broade way that leadeth to destruction: and many there be which goe in thereat,
Mark 6:18For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers 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 →