Jesu liv
The Narrow Door
Jesus answers the question about whether few will be saved by urging people to strive to enter through the narrow door. He describes how the master of the house shuts the door and rejects those who knock, while people from all corners of the earth will sit at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of God.
Lukasevangeliet 13,22-30
22He went on through towns and villages, teaching as he made his way toward Jerusalem.
Καὶ διεπορεύετο κατὰ πόλεις καὶ κώμας διδάσκων καὶ πορείαν ποιούμενος εἰς ⸀Ἱεροσόλυμα.
23Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few going to be saved?" He said to them,
εἶπεν δέ τις αὐτῷ· Κύριε, εἰ ὀλίγοι οἱ σῳζόμενοι; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς·
24"Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Ἀγωνίζεσθε εἰσελθεῖν διὰ τῆς στενῆς ⸀θύρας, ὅτι πολλοί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ζητήσουσιν εἰσελθεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἰσχύσουσιν,
25Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.' But he will answer, 'I do not know you or where you come from.'
ἀφʼ οὗ ἂν ἐγερθῇ ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης καὶ ἀποκλείσῃ τὴν θύραν, καὶ ἄρξησθε ἔξω ἑστάναι καὶ κρούειν τὴν θύραν λέγοντες· ⸀Κύριε, ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν· καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ἐρεῖ ὑμῖν· Οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς πόθεν ἐστέ.
26Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
τότε ἄρξεσθε λέγειν· Ἐφάγομεν ἐνώπιόν σου καὶ ἐπίομεν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις ἡμῶν ἐδίδαξας·
27And he will reply, 'I do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you workers of injustice!'
καὶ ἐρεῖ ⸀λέγων ὑμῖν· Οὐκ ⸀οἶδα πόθεν ἐστέ· ἀπόστητε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, πάντες ⸀ἐργάται ἀδικίας.
28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out.
ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, ὅταν ⸀ὄψησθε Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ πάντας τοὺς προφήτας ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὑμᾶς δὲ ἐκβαλλομένους ἔξω.
29People will come from east and west and from north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
καὶ ἥξουσιν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν καὶ ⸀ἀπὸ βορρᾶ καὶ νότου καὶ ἀνακλιθήσονται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ.
30Indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last."
καὶ ἰδοὺ εἰσὶν ἔσχατοι οἳ ἔσονται πρῶτοι, καὶ εἰσὶν πρῶτοι οἳ ἔσονται ἔσχατοι.