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

"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.

For

"Because I called out to you and you refused to respond I appealed, but no one paid attention

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

The work of a fool so wears him out that he can't even find his way to town.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

They seek me day after day, and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. "They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God.

Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.

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

You'll look for me but won't find me. And where I am, you cannot come."

Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

But Israel, who pursued righteousness based on the Law, did not achieve the Law.

For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.

General references

There is a pathway that seems right to a man, but in the end it's a road to death.

because many are invited, but few are chosen."

You'll look for me but won't find me. And where I am, you cannot come."