24|Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.


In Context

21 It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.|

22 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.

23 One said to him, |Lord, are they few who are saved?| He said to them,

24 |Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

Luke 13:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:24He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24'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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.