Time after Pentecost · Proper 16 · Year C
Luke 13:22-30
The Narrow Door
August 27, 2028
Overview & Insights
"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." (Luke 13:24)
Asked whether only a few will be saved, Jesus answers with a warning to strive through the narrow door before the householder shuts it, and pictures people from east and west, north and south reclining at table in the kingdom of God while some who expected a place are shut out.
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Commentary
Luke 13 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik on why Jesus answers a question about numbers with a call to urgency instead.
Luke 13:22-30 Commentary Precept Austin
A verse-by-verse look at the shut door and the 'I do not know you' warning.
Luke 13:22 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries on the narrow door and the reversal saying that closes the passage.
Luke 13 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight
Barnes' Notes on the image of a door that is eventually shut for good.
Commentary on Luke 13:1-9, 31-35 Working Preacher
Working Preacher's Narrative Lectionary commentary on the surrounding Luke 13 material, which treats the narrow-door saying directly.
Background & Word Study
Luke 13:24 Interlinear BibleHub
The Greek text word by word for 'strive to enter through the narrow door.'
Luke Course Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's course overview of Luke, background on this section of the travel narrative.
Luke Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of Luke's Gospel and its themes of reversal and the kingdom of God.
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