When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 13:25 in context
Luke 13:22–28
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He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
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One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?”
He said to them,
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“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
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Selected verse
When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
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Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
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He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
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There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
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