22 Then Yeshua started on his journey towards Yerushalem and as he passed through each town or village, he would teach the people there 23 and one day someone asked him, “Master, will only a few people be saved?”

Yeshua replied, 24 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. 25 Once the home-owner gets up and locks the door, even if you get there now and stand outside knocking and calling out, ‘Master, open us for us,’ he’ll answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’ 26 ‘You saw us eating and drinking,’ you’ll start saying, and, ‘You taught along our roads.’ 27 [ref]But he’ll reply to you all, ‘I’ve got no idea where you’re all from, so go away you who do evil deeds.’ 28 [ref]There’ll be crying and much anguish when you all see Abraham and Isaak and Yacob and all the prophets in God’s kingdom, but all of you will be being thrown out. 29 Others will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and they will be comfortably seated in God’s kingdom, 30 [ref]so listen: the last people will be the first ones, and the first ones will end up last.”

13 “Come in through the narrow gate, because there’s a big gateway and a wide path that leads away to destruction and lots of people go that way. 14 The gateway leading away to life is narrow and the path has been kept narrow and not many people find it.

15 “Watch out for false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside they are swindling wolves. 16 You’ll all know who they are if you observe their fruit. Does anyone pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? 17 Similarly, every good tree produces good fruit, but the bad tree produces evil fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 [ref]Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown in the fire. 20 [ref]So then, you’ll know the false teachers by observing their fruit.

21 “Not everyone who goes around calling me ‘master’ will enter the kingdom of heavens—only those who actually do what my father who lives in the heavens wants. 22 Many people will complain on judgement day saying, “Master, master, didn’t we prophesy using your name, and exorcise demons using your name, and do many miracles using your name?” 23 [ref]Then I’ll have to tell them, “I don’t even know you. Go away from me all of you whose behaviour is against God’s laws.”