KJV King James Version
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 13:24
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
WEB World English Bible
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
ASV American Standard Version
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
Surrounding context — Luke 13
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity.
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ἀγωνίζεσθεG75 · agōnizomaito struggleεἰσελθεῖνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoστενῆςG4728 · stenosnarrowθύρας·G2374 · thuradoorὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatπολλοί,G4183 · polusmuchλέγωG3004 · legōto sayὑμῖν,G4771 · suyouζητήσουσινG2212 · zēteōto seekεἰσελθεῖνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐκG3756 · ounoἰσχύσουσιν.G2480 · ischuōbe strong
Cross-references
Matthew 7:13-14Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:2 Peter 1:10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:1 Corinthians 9:24-27Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.Hebrews 4:11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.Philippians 2:12-13Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.Colossians 1:29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.Proverbs 1:24-28Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;Isaiah 58:2-4Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.John 7:34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.John 8:21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.Mark 6:18-20For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.Romans 9:31-33But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
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