24耶穌對眾人說，你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。那時後悔或悔改也不管用了！
He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
25及至家主起來關了門，你們站在外面叩門，說，主阿，給我們開門，他就回答說，我不認識你們，不曉得你們是哪裡來的。 
Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.'"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
26那時，你們要說，我們在你面前吃過喝過，你也在我們的街上教訓過人。 
"Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
27他要說，我告訴你們，我不曉得你們是哪裡來的。你們這一切作惡的人，離開我去吧。
"But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'
28你們要看見亞伯拉罕，以撒，雅各，和眾先知，都在神的國里，你們卻被趕到外面。在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。 
"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.