The Narrow Door

Luke 13

22 m He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and n journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to him, "Lord, o will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, 24 p "Strive q to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 r When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, s 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, t 'I do not know where you come from.' 26 Then you will begin to say, u 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' 27 But he will say, 'I tell you, t I do not know where you come from. v Depart from me, all you workers of evil!' 28 w In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see w Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but w you yourselves cast out. 29 And w people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and x recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, y some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

  1. Cross References
    Mark 6:6
    And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 13:33
    Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.
    Luke 9:51
    When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 2:47
    Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
    1 Corinthians 1:18
    For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
    2 Corinthians 2:15
    For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
  4. Cross References
    1 Timothy 4:10
    For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
    Hebrews 12:4
    In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
    1 Timothy 6:12
    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
    1 Corinthians 9:25
    Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 7:13
    Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
  6. Cross References
    Luke 13:25 - 27
    When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.
    Matthew 25:10 - 12
    And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 7:22 - 23
    On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 10:33
    But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
    Matthew 25:12
    But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
    2 Timothy 2:19
    But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 24:11
    And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.
  10. Cross References
    Luke 13:25
    When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 6:8
    Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
  12. Cross References
    Matthew 8:11 - 12
    I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 8:11 - 12
    I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  14. Cross References
    Matthew 8:11 - 12
    I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  15. Cross References
    Luke 13:28
    In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out.
  16. Cross References
    Luke 14:15
    When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!
    Luke 22:30
    That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 19:30
    But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
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