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Then
Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his
way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few
people going to be saved?"
He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the
narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will
not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the
door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the
door for us.'
"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come
from.'
"Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you
taught in our streets.'
"But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from.
Away from me, all you evildoers!'
"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you
see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom
of God, but you yourselves thrown out. People will come from east
and west and north and south, and will take their places at the
feast in the kingdom of God. Indeed there are those who are last
who will be first, and first who will be last."
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