ASV
KJV
24. {SCJ}Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. {SCJ.}
ESV
24. "Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
ERVEN
24. "The door to heaven is narrow. Try hard to enter it. Many people will want to enter there, but they will not be able to go in.
NLT
24. "Work hard to enter the narrow door to God's Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.
WEB
24. "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
NET
24. "Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
NLV
24. "Work hard to go in through the narrow door. I tell you, many will try to go in but will not be able to go in.
HCSB
24. "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won't be able
YLT
24. `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
LITV
24. Labor to enter in through the narrow gate, for I say to you that many will seek to enter in and will not have strength.
RV
24. Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
NCV
24. Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.
MKJV
24. Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
AKJV
24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
LXXEN
KJV
24. {SCJ}Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. {SCJ.}
AMP
24. "Be striving to go in through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you*, will seek to enter and will not be able.
KJVP
24. {SCJ} Strive G75 V-PNM-2P to enter in G1525 V-2AAN at G1223 PREP the G3588 T-GSF strait G4728 A-GSF gate G4439 N-GSF : for G3754 CONJ many G4183 A-NPM , I say G3004 V-PAI-1S unto you G5213 P-2DP , will seek G2212 V-FAI-3P to enter in G1525 V-2AAN , and G2532 CONJ shall not G3756 PRT-N be able G2480 V-FAI-3P . {SCJ.}
YLT
24. `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
ASV
24. Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
WEB
24. "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
NASB
24. "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
ESV
24. "Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
RV
24. Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
RSV
24. "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
NKJV
24. "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
MKJV
24. Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
AKJV
24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
NRSV
24. "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
NIV
24. "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
NIRV
24. "Try very hard to enter through the narrow door. I tell you, many will try to enter and will not be able to.
NLT
24. "Work hard to enter the narrow door to God's Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.
MSG
24. "Whether few or many is none of your business. Put your mind on your life with God. The way to life--to God!--is vigorous and requires your total attention. A lot of you are going to assume that you'll sit down to God's salvation banquet just because you've been hanging around the neighborhood all your lives.
GNB
24. "Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able.
NET
24. "Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
ERVEN
24. "The door to heaven is narrow. Try hard to enter it. Many people will want to enter there, but they will not be able to go in.