Luke 13:24
"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
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23One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?"He said to them,
Cross References
Joshua 7:3They returned to Joshua, and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them."
Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it,but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Matthew 7:13"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
Mark 6:18For John said 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 →