Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
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23Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them,
Cross References
Joshua 7:3And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not 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 forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by it.
Mark 6:18For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy 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 →