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;


In Context

21 It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

22 And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

23 and a certain one said to him, 'Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

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;

25 from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

26 then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:24|Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will 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.