When the followers heard this, they were very surprised. They asked, “Then who can be saved?”
Luke 13:23 - Easy To Read Version Someone said to Jesus, “Lord, how many people will be saved? Only a few?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And someone asked Him, Lord, will only a few be saved (rescued, delivered from the penalties of the last judgment, and made partakers of the salvation by Christ)? And He said to them, American Standard Version (1901) And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them, Common English Bible Someone said to him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Jesus said to them, Catholic Public Domain Version And someone said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" But he said to them: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: |
When the followers heard this, they were very surprised. They asked, “Then who can be saved?”
“So the people that have the last place now will have the first place in the future. And the people that have the first place now will have the last place in the future.”
But the gate that opens the way to \{true\} life is very small. And the road to \{true\} life is very difficult (hard). Only a few people find that road.
Jesus was teaching in every town and village. He continued to travel toward Jerusalem.
“Try hard to enter through the narrow door \{that opens the way to heaven\}! Many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able to enter.