Luke 13:24

²² Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.

²³ “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

²⁵ After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

²⁶ Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
KJV: Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
WEB: “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
ASV: Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
DARBY: Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
BLB: “Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I say to you⁺, will seek to enter and will not be able.

ÅB: Strid for å komme inn igjennom den trange dør! for mange, sier jeg dere, skal søke å komme inn, og ikke være i stand til det.
OTB: "Streb ivrig etter å komme inn gjennom den trange døren, for jeg sier dere, mange vil prøve, men ikke klare det.
B1930: Strid for å komme inn igjennem den trange dør! for mange, sier jeg eder, skal søke å komme inn, og ikke være i stand til det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 7:13–14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
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2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
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1 Corinthians 9:24–27
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
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Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
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Luke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
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Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
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Philippians 2:12–13
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
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Proverbs 21:25
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
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