Luke 13:23 · KJV
“Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,”
— Luke 13:23
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke 13 — Context
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Cross References
Matthew 7:14
Because strait {is} the gate, and narrow {is} the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Matthew 22:14
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in {his} talk.
Luke 12:13-15
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
John 21:21-22
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what {shall} this man {do}?
Matthew 24:3-5
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what {shall be} the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Luke 21:7-8
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign {will there be} when these things shall come to pass?
Acts 1:7-8
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.