Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Treasury of Scripture Strive. Luke 21:36 Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass... Genesis 32:25,26 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint... Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. John 6:27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you... 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain... Philippians 2:12,13 Why, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence... Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily. Hebrews 4:11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 2 Peter 1:10 Why the rather, brothers, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never fall: the strait. Matthew 7:13,14 Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction... for. Proverbs 1:24-28 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded... Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands. Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor. Ecclesiastes 10:15 The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city. Isaiah 1:15 And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear... Isaiah 58:2-4 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God... Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them... Mark 6:18-20 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife... John 7:34 You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come. John 8:21 Then said Jesus again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come. John 13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come... Romans 9:31-33 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness... Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness...
Context Enter Through the Narrow Gate
22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, 24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut to the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not from where you are: 26Then shall you begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets. 27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not from where you are; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.
Darby Bible Translation
Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
King James Bible
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Young's Literal Translation
'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
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