Luke 13:29

They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.

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WEBBE

They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.

BSB

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

KJV

And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

ASV

And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

BBE

And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἥξουσιν hēxousin they will come G2240 ἀπὸ apo from G575 ἀνατολῶν anatolōn east G395 καὶ kai and G2532 δυσμῶν dusmōn west G1424 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀπὸ apo from G575 βορρᾶ borra north G1005 καὶ kai and G2532 νότου notou south G3558 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀνακλιθήσονται anaklithēsontai will recline G347 ἐν en in G1722 τῇ tēa the G3588 βασιλείᾳ basileia kingdom G932 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θεοῦ theou of God G2316

The early church

(Serm. 111.) Now our Lord in no wise contradicts Himself when He says, that there are few who enter in at the strait gate, and elsewhere, Many shall come from the east and the west; (Matt. 8:11.) for there are few in comparison with those who are lost, many when united with the angels. Scarcely do they seem a grain when the threshing floor is swept, but so great a mass will come forth from this floor, that it will fill the granary of heaven.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–30

Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What shall I do, and what will become of me? Strive to enter in at the strait gate. This is directed to each of us; it is, Strive ye. All that will be saved, must enter in at the strait gate, must undergo a change of the whole man. Those that would enter in, must strive to enter. Here are awakening considerations, to enforce this exhortation. Oh that we may be all awakened by them! They answer the question, Are there few that shall be saved? But let none despond either as to themselves or others, for there are last who shall be first, and first who shall be last. If we reach heaven, we shall meet many there whom we little thought to meet, and miss many whom we expected to find.

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