Luke 13:24

Geneva Bible (1560)

Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.

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  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, giue rather diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye doe these things, ye shall neuer fall.
  • Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.
  • Eccl 10:15 : 15 The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 58:2-4 : 2 Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying, 3 Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes. 4 Beholde, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednesse: ye shall not fast as ye doe to day, to make your voyce to be heard aboue.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter in at the streight gate: for it is the wide gate, and broade way that leadeth to destruction: & many there be which goe in thereat, 14 Because the gate is streight, and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.
  • Matt 11:12 : 12 And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
  • Mark 6:18-20 : 18 For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife. 19 Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, & would haue killed him, but she could not: 20 For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Watche therefore, and pray continually, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these thinges that shall come to passe, and that ye may stand before the Sonne of man.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • John 7:34 : 34 Ye shall seeke me, and shall not finde me, and where I am, can ye not come.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shal seeke me, and shal die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.
  • John 13:33 : 33 Litle children, yet a litle while am I with you: ye shall seeke me, but as I sayde vnto the Iewes, Whither I goe, can ye not come: also to you say I nowe,
  • Rom 9:31-33 : 31 But Israel which followed the Lawe of righteousnes, could not arteine vnto the Law of righteousnes. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone, 33 As it is written, Beholde, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euery one that beleeueth in him, shall not be ashamed.
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God.
  • 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a race, runne all, yet one receiueth the price? so runne that ye may obtaine. 25 And euery man that proueth masteries, abstaineth fro all things: and they do it to obtaine a corruptible crowne: but we for an vncorruptible. 26 I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre. 27 But I beate downe my body, & bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be reproued.
  • Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Wherefore my beloued, as ye haue alwayes obeyed me, not as in my presence only, but now much more in mine absence, so make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you, both the will and the deede, euen of his good pleasure.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 Whereunto I also labour & striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.
  • Gen 32:25-26 : 25 And he sawe that he could not preuaile against him: therefore he touched the holowe of his thigh, and the holowe of Iaakobs thigh was loosed, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me.
  • Prov 1:24-28 : 24 Because I haue called, & ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, & none woulde regarde. 25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction. 26 I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth. 27 Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, & your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction & anguish shal come vpo you, 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    25 When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begin to stand without, and to knocke at the doore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shall answere and say vnto you, I know you not whence ye are,

    26 Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes.

    27 But he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquitie.

    28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God, and your selues thrust out at doores.

  • Matt 7:13-14
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    13 Enter in at the streight gate: for it is the wide gate, and broade way that leadeth to destruction: & many there be which goe in thereat,

    14 Because the gate is streight, and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.

  • 23 Then saide one vnto him, Lorde, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them,

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    13 Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    14 For many are called, but fewe chosen.

  • Matt 7:21-23
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    21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen.

    22 Many will say to me in that day, Lorde, Lorde, haue we not by thy Name prophecied? and by thy name cast out deuils? and by thy name done many great workes?

    23 And then will I professe to them, I neuer knewe you: depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie.

  • 74%

    23 Then Iesus sayd vnto his disciples, Verely I say vnto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdome of heauen.

    24 And againe I say vnto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to enter into ye kingdome of God.

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    10 And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

    11 Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.

    12 But he answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, I knowe you not.

    13 Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

  • 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.

  • 72%

    24 And when Iesus sawe him very sorowfull, he said, With what difficultie shall they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!

    25 Surely it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.

  • John 10:1-2
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    1 Verely, verely I say vnto you, Hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefolde, but climeth vp another way, he is a theefe and a robber.

    2 But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe.

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    23 And Iesus looked round about, & sayd vnto his disciples, Howe hardly doe they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!

    24 And his disciples were afraide at his words. But Iesus answered againe, and sayd vnto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdome of God!

    25 It is easier for a camel to goe through the eye of a needle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.

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    23 Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.

    24 For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.

    25 Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

  • 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

  • 30 But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last shalbe first.

  • 9 I am that doore: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall go in, and go out, and finde pasture.

  • 2 Then saide the Lorde vnto me, This gate shalbe shut, and shall not bee opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the Lorde God of Israel hath entred by it, and it shalbe shut.

  • 33 Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

  • 40 Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

  • 13 But he that endureth to the ende, he shalbe saued.

  • 12 And the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • 20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter into it.

  • 31 But many that are first, shall be last, and the last, first.

  • 21 So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

  • 16 So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.

  • 42 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire. There shalbe wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  • 36 Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

  • 30 And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first, and there are first, which shalbe last.

  • 6 For many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

  • 29 So in like maner, when ye see these things come to passe, knowe that the kingdom of God is neere, euen at the doores.

  • 7 Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

  • 24 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.

  • 33 So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.

  • 9 And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and yee shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.