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24\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cMake every effort to enter through the narrow door,because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.<\/span><\/span>\u00a025\u00a0<\/sup>Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, \u2018Sir, open the door for us.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut he will answer, \u2018I don\u2019t know you or where you come from.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

26\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThen you will say, \u2018We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

27\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBut he will reply, \u2018I don\u2019t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

28\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThere will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth,\u00a0when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.<\/span><\/span>\u00a029\u00a0<\/sup>People will come from east and westand north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.<\/span><\/span>\u00a030\u00a0<\/sup>Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

24\u00a0\u201cMake every effort to enter through the narrow door,because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.\u00a025\u00a0Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, \u2018Sir, open the door for us.\u2019 \u201cBut he will answer, \u2018I don\u2019t know you … Continue reading Make every effort to enter through the narrow door<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-musings","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-poC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157122,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/02\/21\/fighting-like-rats-in-a-sack\/","url_meta":{"origin":97626,"position":0},"title":"Fighting like rats in a sack","author":"diana Stone","date":"February 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Do rats in a sack actually fight? 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