Luke 13:23

The Message

A bystander said, “Master, will only a few be saved?” He said, “Whether few or many is none of your business. Put your mind on your life with God. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires your total attention. A lot of you are going to assume that you’ll sit down to God’s salvation banquet just because you’ve been hanging around the neighborhood all your lives. Well, one day you’re going to be banging on the door, wanting to get in, but you’ll find the door locked and the Master saying, ‘Sorry, you’re not on my guest list.’

Cross References

Matthew 19:25

The disciples were staggered. “Then who has any chance at all?”

Matthew 20:16

“Here it is again, the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first.”

Matthew 22:14

“That’s what I mean when I say, ‘Many get invited; only a few make it.’”

Luke 13:22

He went on teaching from town to village, village to town, but keeping on a steady course toward Jerusalem.