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24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
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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 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, '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 begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your presence, and 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 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
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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 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves being 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 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down 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 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."
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Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”
31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
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At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
32 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
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He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’
33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.'
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In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
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