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Luke 13:24

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

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ASV

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

KJV

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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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀγωνίζεσθεagōnizesthedo striveG75 →
εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enter inG1525 →
διὰdiathroughG1223 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
στενῆςstenēsnarrowG4728 →
θύρας·thurasdoor;G2374 →
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
πολλοί,polloimany,G4183 →
λέγωlegōI sayG3004 →
ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771 →
ζητήσουσινzētēsousinwill seekG2212 →
εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enter inG1525 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἰσχύσουσιν.ischusousinwill be able.G2480 →

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Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.Matthew 7:13–14Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,Matthew 18:3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.1 Corinthians 9:24–27Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Hebrews 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Philippians 2:12–13Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

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The Broad and the Narrow Way, the 1866 lithograph picturing the two roads of Matthew 7:13–14

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