Luke 13:22–30

THE NARROW WAY

²²He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.^{c 23}“Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved?”^d

He said to them, ²⁴“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,^e because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able ²⁵once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.^f Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’ ²⁶Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷But he will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me,^g all you evildoers!’ ²⁸There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth^h in that place,ⁱ when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,^j but yourselves thrown out. ²⁹They will come from east and west, from north and south, to share the banquet^D in the kingdom of God. ³⁰Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”^k