Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Strive to enter in, х Agoonizesthe (G75)]. The word signifies to 'contend' as for the mastery, to 'struggle' expressive of the difficulty of being saved, as if one would have to force his way in "at the strait gate" - another figure of the same. See the notes at Matthew 7:13-14.
For many will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.