New King James Version
Luke 13:23
23Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them,
Luke 13:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
- New International Version (NIV)Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He replied,
Context of Luke 13:23
21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” 22And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, 24“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’
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Εἶπεν δέ τις αὐτῷ· κύριε, εἰ ὀλίγοι οἱ σῳζόμενοι; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 13:23
- Matthew 7:14Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- Matthew 19:25When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
- Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
- Matthew 22:14“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Luke 12:13Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
- Luke 21:7So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?”
- Matthew 24:3Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
- Mark 13:4“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?”
- John 21:21Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”
- Acts 1:7And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
Commentaries on Luke 13:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Are there few that be saved? - A question either of impertinence or curiosity, the answer to which can profit no man. The grand question is, Can I be saved? Yes. How? Strive earnestly to enter in through the strait gate - , agonize - exert every power of body and soul - let your salvation be the grand business of your whole life.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Then said one - Who this was does not appear. It is probable that he was not one of the disciples, but one of the Jews, who came either to perplex him, or to involve him in a controversy with the Pharisees. Are there few that be saved? - It was the prevalent opinion among the Jews that few would enter heaven. As but two of all the hosts that came out of Egypt entered into the land of Canaan, so some of them maintained that a proportionally small number…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-30Verses 23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What shall I do, and what will become of me? Strive to enter in at the strait gate. This is directed to each of us; it is, Strive ye. All that will be saved, must enter in at the strait gate, must undergo a change of the whole man. Those that would enter in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23will only a few people be saved?: Some believed that only a small number would be saved. Others thought that all Jews would be saved because they were descendants of Abraham (see study note on 3:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Lord, &c.--one of those curious questions by talking of which some flatter themselves they are religious. said unto them--the multitude; taking no notice of the man or his question, save as furnishing the occasion of a solemn warning not to trifle with so momentous a matter as "salvation."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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