Luke 13:24 ““Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell…”

Luke 13:24

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

American Standard Version

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Geneva Bible 1599

Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.

Darby Translation

Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

Young's Literal Translation

'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

Bible in Basic English

Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

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Cross references

“Strive”

2 Peter 1:10 1 Corinthians 9:24–27 Hebrews 4:11 Luke 21:36 John 6:27 Colossians 1:29

2 Peter 1:10 · BSB

Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,

1 Corinthians 9:24–27 · BSB

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

Hebrews 4:11 · BSB

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Luke 21:36 · BSB

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

John 6:27 · BSB

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

Colossians 1:29 · BSB

To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

“the strait”

Matthew 7:13 Matthew 7:14

Matthew 7:13 · BSB

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Matthew 7:14 · BSB

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

“for”

Ezekiel 33:31 Proverbs 21:25 Romans 10:3 Proverbs 1:24–28 Isaiah 58:2–4 John 7:34

Ezekiel 33:31 · BSB

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Proverbs 21:25 · BSB

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

Romans 10:3 · BSB

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Proverbs 1:24–28 · BSB

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Isaiah 58:2–4 · BSB

For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

John 7:34 · BSB

You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

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