Bible: Luke 13:22-35
The Narrow Door
13:22 Then 1 Jesus 2 traveled throughout 3 towns 4 and villages, teaching and making his way toward 5 Jerusalem. 6 13:23 Someone 7 asked 8 him, “Lord, will only a few 9 be saved?” So 10 he said to them, 13:24 “Exert every effort 11 to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 13:25 Once 12 the head of the house 13 gets up 14 and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, 15 let us in!’ 16 But he will answer you, 17 ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 18 13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 19 13:27 But 20 he will reply, 21 ‘I don’t know where you come from! 22 Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 23 13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth 24 when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 25 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God 26 but you yourselves thrown out. 27 13:29 Then 28 people 29 will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table 30 in the kingdom of God. 31 13:30 But 32 indeed, 33 some are last 34 who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
Going to Jerusalem
13:31 At that time, 35 some Pharisees 36 came up and said to Jesus, 37 “Get away from here, 38 because Herod 39 wants to kill you.” 13:32 But 40 he said to them, “Go 41 and tell that fox, 42 ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day 43 I will complete my work. 44 13:33 Nevertheless I must 45 go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible 46 that a prophet should be killed 47 outside Jerusalem.’ 48 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 49 you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! 50 How often I have longed 51 to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but 52 you would have none of it! 53 13:35 Look, your house is forsaken! 54 And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” 55