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Luke 13:25 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 25. 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
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Quick Meaning
Luke 13:25 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “The Narrow Door Warns Presuming Insiders” at Luke 13:25: “When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us;…”.
Read It With
- Luke 13:22–13:30
Read Luke 13:25 with 13:22–13:30. In isolation, this contribution—contributes the following verse-specific detail to “The Narrow Door Warns Presuming Insiders” at Luke 13:25: “When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us;…”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: While journeying toward Jerusalem Jesus answers a question about the saved by urging entry now, warning that mere proximity will not suffice, and envisioning patriarchs with people from every direction at God's table.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 13:25 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “The Narrow Door Warns Presuming Insiders” at Luke 13:25: “When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us;…”. This precise contribution belongs inside “The Narrow Door Warns Presuming Insiders” because While journeying toward Jerusalem Jesus answers a question about the saved by urging entry now, warning that mere proximity will not suffice, and envisioning patriarchs with people from every direction at God's table.
What Remains True
Luke 13:25 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “The Narrow Door Warns Presuming Insiders” at Luke 13:25: “When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us;…”. Read inside Luke 13:22–13:30, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: While journeying toward Jerusalem Jesus answers a question about the saved by urging entry now, warning that mere proximity will not suffice, and envisioning patriarchs with people from every direction at God's table. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 13:25 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “The Narrow Door Warns Presuming Insiders” at Luke 13:25: “When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us;…”. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Enter God's reign through responsive faithfulness instead of ancestry, proximity, or status claims; leave final exclusion to God and do not use the narrow door to threaten selected outsiders.
Continue in Context
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Read Luke 13:22–13:30 — The Narrow Door Warns Presuming InsidersSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 13:22–13:30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 13:22–13:30
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 13:22–13:30
Open source ↗