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OET (OET-LV) Be_striving to_come_in through the narrow door, because I_am_saying to_you_all many, will_be_seeking to_come_in and they will_ not _be_able.
OET (OET-RV) Make an effort to get in through the narrow door, because I’m telling you that many people want to come in but they won’t be able to.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀγωνίζεσθε εἰσελθεῖν διὰ τῆς στενῆς θύρας
/be/_striving /to/_come_in through the narrow door
Jesus is speaking about God’s kingdom as if people had to go through a small doorway with great difficulty to enter it. Alternate translation: “Work hard to overcome every difficulty that would keep you from entering God’s kingdom”
λέγω ὑμῖν
˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all
Jesus says this to emphasize what he is telling the crowd. Alternate translation: “you must understand”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you
λέγω ὑμῖν
˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all
Even though Jesus is answering an individual’s question, he is talking to the whole crowd, so the word you is plural. The implied you in the command to struggle earlier in this verse is also plural.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πολλοί & ζητήσουσιν εἰσελθεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἰσχύσουσιν
many & /will_be/_seeking /to/_come_in and not ˱they˲_/will_be/_able
The implication is that they will not be able to enter because it is so difficult. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “many of the people who try to enter the kingdom of God … will not be able to, because it is so difficult”
OET (OET-LV) Be_striving to_come_in through the narrow door, because I_am_saying to_you_all many, will_be_seeking to_come_in and they will_ not _be_able.
OET (OET-RV) Make an effort to get in through the narrow door, because I’m telling you that many people want to come in but they won’t be able to.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.