Luke 13:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,

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  • Matt 7:14 : 14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
  • Matt 19:25 : 25 And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
  • Matt 24:3-5 : 3 And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked. 5 For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.
  • Mark 13:4-5 : 4 Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done. 5 And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.
  • Luke 12:13-15 : 13 And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me. 14 But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you? 15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
  • Luke 21:7-8 : 7 And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place? 8 And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.
  • John 21:21-22 : 21 Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man? 22 Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me.
  • Acts 1:7-8 : 7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control. 8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 13:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

    25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

  • Matt 7:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

    14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

  • Matt 22:14
    75%

    14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

  • Luke 18:23-26
    4 verses
    74%

    23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

    24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

    25 It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

    26 And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?

  • Luke 13:22
    74%

    22 And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.

  • Mark 10:23-26
    4 verses
    73%

    23 And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

    24 And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

    25 It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

    26 And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

  • Matt 9:37
    73%

    37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

  • Matt 19:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

    24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

    25 And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

  • Luke 14:25
    72%

    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

  • Luke 15:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

    4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

  • Luke 9:57
    70%

    57 And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.

  • Luke 14:21-23
    3 verses
    69%

    21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

    22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

    23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

  • Matt 19:16
    69%

    16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

  • Matt 20:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 So the last will be first, and the first last.

    17 And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

  • Matt 13:51
    69%

    51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

  • Matt 18:11-14
    4 verses
    69%

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    12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

    13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

    14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

  • Matt 24:13
    69%

    13 But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

  • Luke 10:2
    69%

    2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

  • Matt 25:23
    68%

    23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

  • Luke 12:41
    68%

    41 And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

  • Matt 15:24
    68%

    24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Matt 7:21
    68%

    21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

  • Mark 10:17
    68%

    17 And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

  • Luke 13:30
    68%

    30 And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

  • Luke 15:11
    68%

    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Mark 13:13
    67%

    13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

  • Luke 18:18
    67%

    18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

  • Luke 14:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

    16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

  • Matt 23:1
    67%

    1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

  • Matt 19:30
    67%

    30 But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

  • Luke 13:3
    67%

    3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

  • Matt 25:11
    67%

    11 After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.