Luke 13:22–30

The Way into the Kingdom

^22mAnd He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. ²³Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there ⁿfew who are saved?”

And He said to them, ^24o“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for ^pmany, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ^25qWhen once the Master of the house has risen up and ^rshut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ^s‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ^t‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ ²⁶then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ ^27uBut He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. ^vDepart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ ^28wThere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, ^xwhen you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. ²⁹They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. ^30yAnd indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”