The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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22 Yeshua continued traveling through town after town and village after village, teaching and making his way toward Yerushalayim.
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Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.
23 Someone asked him, "Are only a few people being saved?"
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Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them,
24 He answered, "Struggle to get in through the narrow door, because -- I'm telling you! -- many will be demanding to get in and won't be able to,
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“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
25 once the owner of the house has gotten up and shut the door. You will stand outside, knocking at the door and saying, `Lord! Open up for us!' But he will answer, `I don't know you or where you come from!'
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Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
26 Then you will say, `We ate and drank with you! you taught in our streets!'
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“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
27 and he will tell you, `I don't know where you're from. Get away from me, all you workers of wickedness!'
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“But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’
28 You will cry and grind your teeth when you see Avraham, Yitz'chak, Ya`akov and all the prophets inside the Kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside.
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“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
29 Moreover, people will come from the east, the west, the north and the south to sit at table in the Kingdom of God.
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People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
30 And notice that some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last."
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Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”
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