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Strive (agōnizesthe). Jesus makes short shrift of the question. He includes others (present middle plural of agōnizomai, common verb, our agonize). Originally it was to contend for a prize in the games. The kindred word agōnia occurs of Christ’s struggle in Gethsemane (Luk 22:44). The narrow gate appears also in Mat 7:13, only there it is an outside gate (pulēs) while here it is the entrance to the house, “the narrow door” (thuras).