Luke 13:23

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three ^ameasures of meal till it was all leavened.”

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22 ^aAnd He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there ^afew who are saved?” And He said to them,

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

25 ^aWhen once the Master of the house has risen up and ^bshut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ^c‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ^d‘I do not know you, where you are from,’

26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’

27 ^aBut He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. ^bDepart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’

28 ^aThere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, ^bwhen you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.

29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

30 ^aAnd indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

31 ¹On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”

32 And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ^aI shall be perfected.’

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What Does Luke 13:23 Mean?

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Many will seek to enter the Kingdom of God but be barred from it because of flagrant sin. Jesus will refuse to answer the knock of unruly sinners who have rejected salvation, though they weep and grind their teeth when they find out they cannot enter God's Kingdom. When the third resurrection arrives, all humanity will have had the opportunity to be saved; everyone's ultimate destiny will have been eternally set. It will be too late for anyone who, after coming to the knowledge of the truth, sins willfully and thereby rejects eternal life. Those who reject God and His way of life must then reap the consequences of that decision - the second death following the third resurrection to judgment.

Martin G. Collins
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