Bible in Basic English
"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."
— Luke 13:24, Bible in Basic English
“Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall 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. ”
“"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will 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 by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not 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.”
It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.
And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,
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.
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.
Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.