Luke 13:25

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’

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  • Matt 25:10-12 : 10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut. 11 Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ 12 But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’
  • Luke 13:27 : 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 “Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?
  • 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 For he says,“I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!
  • Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.
  • Heb 12:17 : 17 For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
  • Gen 7:16 : 16 Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 13:26-29
    4 verses
    86%

    26Then you will begin to say,‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

    27But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’

    28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

    29Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 13:23-24
    2 verses
    85%

    23Someone asked him,“Lord, will only a few be saved?” So he said to them,

    24“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

  • Matt 25:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

    11Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’

    12But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’

    13Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Luke 12:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

    37Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

  • Mark 13:33-36
    4 verses
    77%

    33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

    34It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

    35Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–

    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

  • Luke 11:7
    76%

    7Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’

  • Luke 12:39-40
    2 verses
    75%

    39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

  • Rev 3:20
    75%

    20Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.

  • Matt 7:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

    22On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’

    23Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’

  • Matt 24:42-44
    3 verses
    74%

    42“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Mark 13:29
    73%

    29So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door.

  • Luke 11:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

    10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

  • Luke 14:21
    72%

    21So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

  • Matt 24:50
    72%

    50then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

  • John 10:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Jesus as the Good Shepherd“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

    2The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

  • Luke 12:46-47
    2 verses
    72%

    46then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

    47That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

  • Matt 24:33
    72%

    33So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.

  • Luke 13:35
    72%

    35Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

  • Matt 7:13
    71%

    13The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

  • Matt 7:7
    71%

    7Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

  • Matt 25:30
    71%

    30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  • Luke 14:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

    24For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

  • Matt 23:13
    70%

    13“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

  • Matt 25:6
    70%

    6But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’

  • Matt 22:13
    70%

    13Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

  • Matt 25:44-45
    2 verses
    70%

    44Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’

    45Then he will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

  • Mark 13:15
    70%

    15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

  • Matt 22:3
    70%

    3He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

  • Luke 6:46
    70%

    46“Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?