Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, New Living Translation Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He replied, English Standard Version And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, Berean Standard Bible “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered, Berean Literal Bible And someone said to Him, "Lord, if those being saved are few?" And He said to them, King James Bible Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, New King James Version Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, New American Standard Bible And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, NASB 1995 And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, NASB 1977 And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, Legacy Standard Bible And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, Amplified Bible And someone asked Him, “Lord, will only a few be saved [from the penalties of the last judgment]?” And He said to them, Christian Standard Bible “Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved? ” He said to them, Holman Christian Standard Bible Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?” He said to them, American Standard Version And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them, Contemporary English Version Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" Jesus answered: English Revised Version And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that be saved? And he said unto them, GOD'S WORD® Translation Someone asked him, "Sir, are only a few people going to be saved?" He answered, Good News Translation Someone asked him, "Sir, will just a few people be saved?" Jesus answered them, International Standard Version Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He told them, Majority Standard Bible “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered, NET Bible Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" So he said to them, New Heart English Bible One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them, Webster's Bible Translation Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them, Weymouth New Testament when some one asked Him, "Sir, are there but few who are to be saved?" World English Bible One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand a certain one said to Him, “Lord, are those saved few?” And He said to them, Berean Literal Bible And someone said to Him, "Lord, if those being saved are few?" And He said to them, Young's Literal Translation and a certain one said to him, 'Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them, Smith's Literal Translation And a certain said to him, Lord, if few saved? And he said to them, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: Catholic Public Domain Version And someone said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” But he said to them: New American Bible Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, New Revised Standard Version Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He said to them, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleA man asked him, Are there only a few who are to be saved? Jesus said to them, Aramaic Bible in Plain English But a man asked him if there are few who have life. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd a certain man said to him: Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them: Godbey New Testament And one said to Him, Lord, are the saved few? And He said to them, Haweis New Testament And a person said to him, Lord, are the saved few? And he said unto them, Mace New Testament and somebody ask'd him, Lord, will there be but few people saved? to which he answered, Weymouth New Testament when some one asked Him, "Sir, are there but few who are to be saved?" Worrell New Testament And a certain one said, "Are there few who are saved?" Worsley New Testament And one said to Him, Lord, are there but few that shall be saved? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Narrow Door22Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem. 23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered, 24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.… Cross References Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 25:1-13 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ... John 10:9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. Romans 9:27-29 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” Romans 11:5-7 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. / And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace. / What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 2 Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, / and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Revelation 3:8 I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name. Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. Isaiah 10:22 Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion. Treasury of Scripture Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, are. Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. And. Luke 12:13-15 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me… Luke 21:7,8 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? … Matthew 24:3-5 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? … Jump to Previous Few Salvation Saved Sir Small SomeoneJump to Next Few Salvation Saved Sir Small SomeoneLuke 13 1. Jesus preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others.6. The fruitless fig tree may not stand. 10. He heals the crooked woman; 18. shows the powerful working of the word, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed, 20. and of leaven; 22. exhorts to enter in at the strait gate; 31. and reproves Herod and Jerusalem. Someone asked Him This phrase introduces a question directed at Jesus, highlighting the curiosity and concern of the people around Him. The Greek word for "asked" is "ἐρωτάω" (erōtaō), which implies a respectful inquiry. This reflects the common practice of seeking wisdom from a rabbi or teacher. In the historical context, people often approached Jesus with questions about spiritual matters, indicating His reputation as a wise and authoritative figure. Lord will only a few be saved? We are left to conjecture to what class the questioner belonged, and what feelings prompted the question. Was he thinking of salvation in the higher Christian sense of the term, or of safety from that destruction of which Christ had spoken as coming on the impenitent people? In the mind of the questioner the two things may have been blended together, but the answer clearly points to the former, and we have sufficient evidence that such questions were agitating men's minds in the apocryphal Revelation known as the Second Book of Esdras. This book is probably (in part, at least, certainly, see 2 Esdras 8:28-29), post-Christian, and has been assigned to the time of Nero, or Domitian, or Trajan; but it reflects with a wonderful fulness the fevered, anxious thoughts that were working among both Jews and Gentiles, and among those none is so prominent as that "many are created, but few shall be saved" (2 Esdras 8:1; 2 Esdras 8:3; 2 Esdras 8:55). Among the strange cabbalistic fancies of the Rabbis, one was an attempt to fix the number of the saved by the numerical value of the letters of this or that text that prophesied of the Kingdom of Heaven. Assuming the question to be of this nature, its form indicates that it was a speculative inquiry. A man anxious and in earnest would have asked, "What must I do to be saved?" And, being a speculative question, our Lord put it aside, gave no direct answer, and sought to force the man back on the thought of what was needed that he himself might take his place in that company. . . . Verses 23-30. - Jesus replies to the question of "Are there few that be saved?" Verse 23. - Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? The immediate circumstance which called out this question is not recorded, but the general tone of the Master's later teaching, especially on the subject of his kingdom of the future, had disturbed the vision of many in Israel, who loved to dwell on the exclusion of all save the chosen race from the glories of the world to come. The words of the Second Book of Esdras, written perhaps forty or fifty years after this time, well reflect this selfish spirit of harsh exclusiveness, peculiarly a characteristic of the Jew in the days of our Lord. "The Most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few" (2 Esdr. 8:1). "There be many more of them which perish, than of them which shall be saved: like as a wave is greater than a drop" (2 Esdr. 9:15, 16). Other passages breathing a similar spirit might be quoted. What relics we possess of Jewish literature of this period all reflect the same stern, jealous, exclusive spirit. The questioner here either hoped to get from the popular Master some statement which might be construed into an approval of this national spirit of hatred of everything that was not Jewish, or, if Jesus chose to combat these selfish hopes, the Master's words might then be quoted to the people as unpatriotic.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek “Lord,”Κύριε (Kyrie) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. someone τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. asked Εἶπεν (Eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. Him, αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “[will] εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. only a few ὀλίγοι (oligoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3641: Puny; especially neuter somewhat. [people] οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. be saved?” σῳζόμενοι (sōzomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect. [Jesus] answered, εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. Links Luke 13:23 NIVLuke 13:23 NLT Luke 13:23 ESV Luke 13:23 NASB Luke 13:23 KJV Luke 13:23 BibleApps.com Luke 13:23 Biblia Paralela Luke 13:23 Chinese Bible Luke 13:23 French Bible Luke 13:23 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 13:23 One said to him Lord are they (Luke Lu Lk) |
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