82 Or “Make every effort” (L&N 68.74; cf. ); “Do your best” (); “Work hard” (); Grk “Struggle.” The idea is to exert one’s maximum effort (cf. ἀγωνίζομαι 2.b, “strain every nerve to enter”) because of the supreme importance of attaining entry into the kingdom of God.

In other versions

“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

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

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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