24 (A)“Strive (B)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 (C)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, (D)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, (E)‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, (F)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

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24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(A) because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’(B)

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

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