“ Try very hard to enter through the narrow door. I tell you, many will try to enter and will not be able to.

耶稣对众人说：“你们要努力进窄门。我告诉你们，将来有许多人想要进去，却是不能。

“你们要努力进窄门。我告诉你们，将来有许多人想要进去，却不能。

“你们要努力进窄门。我告诉你们，将来有许多人想要进去，却不能。

“你们要努力进窄门，因为我告诉你们，将来有许多人想要进却进不去。

“你们应当竭力进窄门！我告诉你们，将来许多人要进去，却是不能。

“你们要为进窄门而争战，因为我告诉你们：将有许多人想要进去，却是不能。

耶穌對眾人說：「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。

「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻不能。

「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻不能。

「你們要努力進窄門，因為我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進卻進不去。

“你們應當竭力進窄門！我告訴你們，將來許多人要進去，卻是不能。

耶穌對他們說：『你們要奮鬥，由窄門進入；我告訴你們，必有許多人尋求要進入，卻不能。

「你們要為進窄門而爭戰，因為我告訴你們：將有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。

曰當竭力以進窄門、我語汝、將有求進而不得者多也、

曰、竭力爭進窄門、吾語汝、求入不得者多也、

耶穌曰、當竭力爭進窄門、我告爾、將有多人、求進而不得進、

曰『爾等當勉入窄門。予實語爾、欲入而不得入者、眾矣。

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

“ Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

“ Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

“ Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

“ Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

“ Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

“ Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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

“ Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

My brothers and sisters, try very hard to show that God has appointed you to be saved. Try hard to show that he has chosen you. If you do everything I have just said, you will never trip and fall.

“ Enter God’s kingdom through the narrow gate. The gate is large and the road is wide that leads to ruin. Many people go that way.But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to life. Only a few people find it.

Some people will die while they are still hungry. That’s because their hands refuse to work.

They didn’t know that God’s power makes people right with himself. They tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn’t do it in God’s way.

So let us make every effort to enjoy that rest. Then no one will die by disobeying as they did.

Day after day they worship me. They seem ready and willing to know how I want them to live. They act as if they were a nation that does what is right. They act as if they have not turned away from my commands. They claim to want me to give them fair decisions. They seem ready and willing to come near and worship me.‘ We have gone without food,’ they say.‘ Why haven’t you noticed it? We have made ourselves suffer. Why haven’t you paid any attention to us?’“ On the day when you fast, you do as you please. You take advantage of all your workers.When you fast, it ends in arguing and fighting. You hit one another with your fists. That is an evil thing to do. The way you are now fasting keeps your prayers from being heard in heaven.

Always keep watching. Pray that you will be able to escape all that is about to happen. Also, pray that you will not be judged guilty when the Son of Man comes.”

You will look for me, but you won’t find me. You can’t come where I am going.”

The work foolish people do makes them tired. They don’t even know the way to town.

But you refuse to listen when I call out to you. No one pays attention when I reach out my hand.You turn away from all my advice. And you do not accept my warning.So I will laugh at you when you are in danger. I will make fun of you when hard times come.I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm. I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm. I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.“ Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they say they love me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.

In a race all the runners run. But only one gets the prize. You know that, don’t you? So run in a way that will get you the prize.All who take part in the games train hard. They do it to get a crown that will not last. But we do it to get a crown that will last forever.So I do not run like someone who doesn’t run toward the finish line. I do not fight like a boxer who hits nothing but air.No, I train my body and bring it under control. Then after I have preached to others, I myself will not break the rules. If I did break them, I would fail to win the prize.

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

My dear friends, you have always obeyed God. You obeyed while I was with you. And you have obeyed even more while I am not with you. So continue to work out your own salvation. Do it with fear and trembling.God is working in you. He wants your plans and your acts to fulfill his good purpose.

Once more Jesus said to them,“ I am going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. You can’t come where I am going.”

John had been saying to Herod,“ It is against the Law for you to be married to your brother’s wife.”Herodias couldn’t forgive John for saying that. She wanted to kill him. But she could not,because Herod was afraid of John. So he kept John safe. Herod knew John was a holy man who did what was right. When Herod heard him, he was very puzzled. But he liked to listen to John.

That’s what I’m working for. I work hard with all the strength of Christ. His strength works powerfully in me.

You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.Why not? Because they tried to do it without faith. They tried to be right with God by what they did. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.It is written,“ Look! In Zion I am laying a stone that causes people to trip. It is a rock that makes them fall. The one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”( Isaiah 8:14; 28:16)

The man saw that he couldn’t win. So he touched the inside of Jacob’s hip. As Jacob wrestled with the man, Jacob’s hip was twisted.Then the man said,“ Let me go. It is morning.” But Jacob replied,“ I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

Since the days of John the Baptist, the kingdom of heaven has been under attack. And violent people are taking hold of it.

Those who make fun of others look for wisdom and don’t find it. But knowledge comes easily to those who understand what is right.

“ My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me. Just as I told the Jews, so I am telling you now. You can’t come where I am going.