But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is [indeed] plentiful, but the workers are few.

And Jesus asked them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have?” They replied, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last.”

“But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed [appropriately] in wedding clothes,

For many are called (invited, summoned), but few are chosen.”