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And someone said to him, “Lord,
1will those who are saved be few? ” And he said to them,
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2“Strive
3to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
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4When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying,
5‘Lord, open to us, ’ then he will answer you,
6‘I do not know where you come from. ’
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Then you will begin to say,
7‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets. ’
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But he will say, ‘I tell you,
8I do not know where you come from.
9Depart from me, all you workers of evil! ’
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10In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see
11Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but
12you yourselves cast out.
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And
13people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and
14recline at table in the kingdom of God.
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And behold,
15some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last. ”