Luke 13:24

The Narrow Door

²³ A man said to him, "Is it only a few, sir, who are saved?" So he said to them, ²⁴ "Strive to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in and not be able, ²⁵ once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

Luke

Sin

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way.

Matthew 11:12

From the days of John the Baptist till now the Realm of heaven suffers violence, and the violent press into it.

Mark 6:18-20

John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife."

Luke 21:36

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

John 6:27

Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

John 7:34

you will search for me but you will not find me, and where I go, you cannot come."

John 8:21

Then he said to them again, "I go away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come."

John 13:33

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.

Romans 9:31-33

whereas Israel who did aim at the law of righteousness have failed to reach that law.

Romans 10:3

They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.

Philippians 2:12-13

Therefore, my beloved, as you have been obedient always and not simply when I was present, so, now that I am absent, work all the more strenuously at your salvation with reverence and trembling,

Colossians 1:29

I labour for that end, striving for it with the divine energy which is a power within me.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.

2 Peter 1:10

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;