MATTHEW 7:13-14 = 'Enter by the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. But the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.'

LUKE 13:23-24 = And someone said to Him, 'Lord, will those who are saved be few?' And He said to them, 'Strive to enter by the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.'

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ROMANS 9:27 = '....Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved.'