Focused Passage

Luke 13:22-30

Repentance, Kingdom Reversal, and the Urgent Narrow Door

Jesus turns questions about judgment into a summons to repentance, displays kingdom mercy over legalistic resistance, teaches the hidden growth and narrow entrance of the kingdom, and laments Jerusalem’s refusal to receive him.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

22Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.

23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

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

25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

26Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

27And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart 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 are thrown out.

29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

30And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

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Verse 22

Original words

ThenΚαὶG2532Conjunction[Jesus] traveledδιεπορεύετοG1279Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularthroughoutκατὰG2596Preposition[the] townsπόλειςG4172Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvillagesκώμαςG2968Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralteachingδιδάσκωνG1321Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionas He madeποιούμενοςG4160Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingularHis wayπορείανG4197Noun - Accusative Feminine SingulartowardεἰςG1519PrepositionJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαG2414Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 23

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LordΚύριεG2962Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular-δέG1161ConjunctionsomeoneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularaskedΕἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular[will]εἰG1487Conjunctiononly a fewὀλίγοιG3641Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural[people]οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Pluralbe savedσῳζόμενοιG4982Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural-δὲG1161Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singular[Jesus] answeredεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-πρὸςG4314Preposition-αὐτούςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 24

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Make every effortἈγωνίζεσθεG75Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Pluralto enterεἰσελθεῖνG1525Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivethroughδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularnarrowστενῆςG4728Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingulardoorθύραςG2374Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularForὅτιG3754ConjunctionmanyπολλοίG4183Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralI tellλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Pluralwill tryζητήσουσινG2212Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Pluralto enterεἰσελθεῖνG1525Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐκG3756Adverbwill not be ableἰσχύσουσινG2480Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 25

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Afterἀφ’G575Preposition. . .οὗG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular. . .ἂνG302ParticletheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularmaster of the houseοἰκοδεσπότηςG3617Noun - Nominative Masculine Singulargets upἐγερθῇG1453Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionshutsἀποκλείσῃG608Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulardoorθύρανG2374Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionyou willἄρξησθεG756Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person PluralstandἑστάναιG2476Verb - Perfect Infinitive ActiveoutsideἔξωG1854Adverb-καὶG2532ConjunctionknockingκρούεινG2925Verb - Present Infinitive Active. . .τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Singular. . .θύρανG2374Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[and] sayingλέγοντεςG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralLordΚύριεG2962Noun - Vocative Masculine Singularopen the doorἄνοιξονG455Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singularfor usἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person PluralButΚαὶG2532Conjunction-ἀποκριθεὶςG611Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularhe will replyἐρεῖG2046Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .ὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralvvvΟὐκG3756AdverbI do not knowοἶδαG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularwhereπόθενG4159AdverbyouὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Pluralare {from}ἐστέG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Verse 26

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ThenΤότεG5119Adverbyou willἄρξεσθεG756Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person PluralsayλέγεινG3004Verb - Present Infinitive ActiveWe ateἘφάγομενG5315Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctiondrankἐπίομενG4095Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Pluralwith youσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular. . .ἐνώπιόνG1799PrepositionandκαὶG2532Conjunctionyou taughtἐδίδαξαςG1321Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralstreetsπλατείαιςG4113Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Verse 27

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AndΚαὶG2532Conjunctionhe will answerἐρεῖG2046Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularI tellΛέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralvvvΟὐκG3756AdverbI do not knowοἶδαG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularwhereπόθενG4159AdverbyouὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Pluralare {from}ἐστέG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralDepartἀπόστητεG868Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Pluralfromἀπ’G575PrepositionmeἐμοῦG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singularall [you]πάντεςG3956Adjective - Vocative Masculine PluralevildoersἐργάταιG2040Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural. . .ἀδικίαςG93Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 28

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ThereἘκεῖG1563Adverbwill beἔσταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularweepingκλαυθμὸςG2805Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingulargnashingβρυγμὸςG1030Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularofτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralteethὀδόντωνG3599Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralwhenὅτανG3752Conjunctionyou seeὄψησθεG3708Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person PluralAbrahamἈβραὰμG11Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionIsaacἸσαὰκG2464Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionJacobἸακὼβG2384Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionallπάνταςG3956Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluraltheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralprophetsπροφήταςG4396Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularkingdomβασιλείᾳG932Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularbutδὲG1161Conjunctionyou yourselvesὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Pluralare thrownἐκβαλλομένουςG1544Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine PluraloutἔξωG1854Adverb
Verse 29

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-καὶG2532Conjunction[People] will comeἥξουσινG2240Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralfromἀπὸG575PrepositioneastἀνατολῶνG395Noun - Genitive Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwestδυσμῶνG1424Noun - Genitive Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction-ἀπὸG575PrepositionnorthβορρᾶG1005Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionsouthνότουG3558Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionwill recline at the tableἀνακλιθήσονταιG347Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluralinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularkingdomβασιλείᾳG932Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 30

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AndκαὶG2532ConjunctionindeedἰδοὺG2400Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singularsome who areεἰσὶνG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. . .οἳG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PlurallastἔσχατοιG2078Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralwill beἔσονταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PluralfirstπρῶτοιG4413Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionsome who areεἰσὶνG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. . .οἳG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PluralfirstπρῶτοιG4413Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralwill beἔσονταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PlurallastἔσχατοιG2078Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural

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