Luke 13:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

Luke 13:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
John 21:21-22
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? …
Luke 12:13-15
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-30)

We have here, I. A question put to our Lord Jesus. Who it was that put it we are not told, whether a friend or a foe; for he both gave a great liberty of questioning him and returned answers to the thoughts and intents of the heart. The question was, Are there few that are saved? Luke 13:23: ei oligoi hoi sozomenoi —“ If the saved be few? Master, I have heard thou shouldest say so; is it true?” 1.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. Lord, &c.--one of those curious questions by talking of which some flatter themselves they are religious. said unto them--the multitude; taking no notice of the man or his question, save as furnishing the occasion of a solemn warning not to trifle with so momentous a matter as “salvation.”