Luk 13:24-25, 34-35, 17:22-23 | ESV | STEP | Strive to enter through the narrow door . For many , I tell you , will seek to enter and will not be able .

Luke 13:24-25

24 ^a“Strive ^bto enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 ^cWhen 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, ^d‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^e‘I do not know where you come from.’

Luke 13:34-35

34 ^fO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^gkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ^hHow often would I have ⁱgathered ^jyour children together ^kas a hen gathers her brood ^lunder her wings, and ^myou were not willing! 35 Behold, ⁿyour house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ^o‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Luke 17:22-23

22 And he said to the disciples, ^p“The days are coming when you will desire ^qto see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 ^rAnd they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them.