Luke 13:24

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Summary

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.

The strait

Matthew 7:13

For

General references

Proverbs 14:12

Matthew 22:14

John 7:34

Bible References

The strait

"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

For

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come."

So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that law.

For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

General references

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

For many are called, but few are chosen."

You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come."