Hi everyone. Welcome back to Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast. I hope you're enjoying the approach we have

in this podcast where we take you through the gospel readings verse by verse and we're

really trying to get at what the literal sense of the text is. What did the text mean in its

original context? So today we get to a really interesting reading. What you would hear at mass today

is Luke chapter 13 versus 22 to 30. So here's the text. Through towns and villages, Jesus went

teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, sir, will there only be a few saved?

He said to them, try your best to enter by the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.

Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying,

Lord, open to us, but he will answer, I do not know where you come from.

Then you will find yourself saying, we once ate and drank in your company, you taught in our

streets. But he will reply, I do not know where you come from, away from me, all you wicked men.

Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob

and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves turned outside.

And men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the

kingdom of god yes there are those now last who will be first and those now first who will be last

so some really interesting words from jesus today and we want to pay close attention to them

because there's some pretty strong warnings in here and this is perhaps a part of the

Gospels that you may not have heard from.

So what's the context here?

So Jesus is moving from Galilee to Judea for the final phase of his ministry.

So he's moving towards Jerusalem. Along the way, he's doing

ministry, he's speaking to the crowds, he's been doing healings, and he's just given a couple of

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