Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to — the eschatological urgency sharpens as Jesus journeys toward Jerusalem. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, it will be too late: those who appeal to shared meals and teaching in the streets will be told I don't know you or where you come from. The external association with Jesus — eating and drinking with him, listening to his teaching in public — does not constitute the personal knowledge that the narrow door requires.

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