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“StriveἈγωνίζεσθεto enterεἰσελθεῖνthroughδιὰthe narrowτῆς στενῆςdoor,θύραςbecauseὅτιmany,πολλοίI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνwill seekζητήσουσινto enterεἰσελθεῖνandκαὶwill notοὐκbe able.ἰσχύσουσιν
Luke 13:24
Study it in the app““Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:24, word by word
- “StriveἈγωνίζεσθεAgōnizesthe
fight, strive
Strive, struggle, fight.
Where else “Agōnizesthe” appears- to enterεἰσελθεῖνeiselthein
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthein” appears- the narrowστενῆςstenēs
narrow
Narrow.
Where else “stenēs” appears- doorθύραςthyras
open door
An open door: Christ, or a chance from God.
Where else “thyras” appears- manyπολλοίpolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- will seekζητήσουσινzētēsousin
try
To try for something; to be after someone's life is to plan to kill them.
Where else “zētēsousin” appears- be ableἰσχύσουσινischysousin
be able
To have the strength or the capacity to do something.
Where else “ischysousin” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The narrow door
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Luke 13:23-24
23And someone said to him, “Lord, are those being saved few?” And he said to them, 24“Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
13“Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter through it; 14for narrow is the gate and constricted the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
The context
23And someone said to him, “Lord, are those being saved few?” And he said to them,
24 · This verse (above)
25Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from.’
To study Luke 13 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?