Luke 13:18-30

18And he said, To what is the kingdom of 1God like? and to what shall I liken it?

19It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

20And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of 2God?

21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

22And he went through one city and village after another, teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem.

23And one said to him, Sir, [are] such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

25From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

26then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;

27and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity.

28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of 3God, but yourselves cast out.

29And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of 4God.

30And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.