when some one asked Him, »Sir, are there but few who are to be saved?«
These words utterly amazed the disciples, and they asked, »Who then can be saved?«
»So the last shall be first, and the first last.«
»For there are many called, but few chosen.«
because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads to Life, and few are those who find it.
He was passing through town after town and village after village, steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,
»Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate,« He answered; »for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour to find a way in and will not succeed.