Are there few that be saved? This section is a mosaic of words found dispersed in the pages of Mt.: the strait gate (Luke 13:24) in Matthew 7:14; the pleading for admission (Luke 13:26-27) recalls Matthew 7:21-23; the exclusion from the kingdom (Luke 13:28-29) reproduces Matthew 8:11-12; the apothegm in Luke 13:30 = Matthew 19:30; Matthew 20:16. The parabolic word concerning the master of the house (Luke 13:25) seems to be an echo from the parable of the ten virgins. The question as to the number of the saved introducing the group need not be an artificial heading furnished by Lk. or the compiler of his source.

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