Luke 13:23-35

English Standard Version

²³ And someone said to him, “Lord, ^(A)will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, ^24 (B)“Strive ^(C)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ^25 (D)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^(E)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^(F)‘I do not know where you come from.’ ²⁶ Then you will begin to say, ^(G)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷ But he will say, ‘I tell you, ^(H)I do not know where you come from. ^(I)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ ^28 (J)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see ^(K)Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but ^(L)you yourselves cast out. ²⁹ And ^(M)people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and ^(N)recline at table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, ^(O)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Lament over Jerusalem

³¹ At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from ^(P)here, for ^(Q)Herod wants to kill you.” ³² And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ^(R)I finish my course. ³³ Nevertheless, ^(S)I ^(T)must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that ^(U)a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ ^34 (V)O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(W)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ^(X)How often would I have ^(Y)gathered ^(Z)your children together ^(AA)as a hen gathers her brood ^(AB)under her wings, and ^(AC)you were not willing! ³⁵ Behold, ^(AD)your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ^(AE)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”