Luke 13:23-24

The Narrow Door

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.

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.