Discovery BoxLuke 13:3 
Context13:3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, 1 you will all perish as well! 2
Luke 13:5
Context13:5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent 3 you will all perish as well!” 4
Luke 13:24
Context13:24 “Exert every effort 5 to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
1 sn Jesus was stressing that all stand at risk of death, if they do not repent and receive life.
2 tn Or “you will all likewise perish,” but this could be misunderstood to mean that they would perish by the same means as the Galileans. Jesus’ point is that apart from repentance all will perish.
3 sn Jesus’ point repeats v. 3. The circumstances make no difference. All must deal with the reality of what death means.
4 tn Grk “similarly.”
5 tn Or “Make every effort” (L&N 68.74; cf. NIV); “Do your best” (TEV); “Work hard” (NLT); Grk “Struggle.” The idea is to exert one’s maximum effort (cf. BDAG 17 s.v. ἀγωνίζομαι 2.b, “strain every nerve to enter”) because of the supreme importance of attaining entry into the kingdom of God.
