Luke 13:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Do all you can to go in by the narrow door! A lot of people will try to get in, but will not be able to.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

Make fun of wisdom, and you will never find it. But if you have understanding, knowledge comes easily.

Proverbs 21:25

If you want too much and are too lazy to work, it could be fatal.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

Fools wear themselves out— they don't know enough to find their way home.

Isaiah 1:15

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they all come and listen to you, but they refuse to do what you tell them. They claim to be faithful, but they are for ever trying to cheat others out of their money.

Matthew 11:12

From the time of John the Baptist until now, violent people have been trying to take over the kingdom of heaven by force.

Luke 13:23

Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” Jesus answered:

Luke 21:36

Watch out and keep praying that you can escape all that is going to happen and that the Son of Man will be pleased with you.

John 13:33

My children, I will be with you for a little while longer. Then you will look for me, but you won't find me. I tell you just as I told the people, “You cannot go where I am going.”

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

John 7:34

You will look for me, but you won't find me. You cannot go where I am going.”

John 8:21

Jesus also told them, “I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven.”

Romans 10:3

what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.

Colossians 1:29

That's why I work so hard and use the mighty power he gives me.

Hebrews 4:11

We should do our best to enter that place of rest, so that none of us will disobey and miss going there, as they did.

Joshua 7:3

They went back to Joshua and reported, “You don't need to send the whole army to attack Ai—two or three thousand troops will be enough. Why bother the whole army for a town that small?”

2 Peter 1:10

My friends, you must do all you can to show that God has really chosen and selected you. If you keep on doing this, you won't stumble and fall.