And He journeyed throughout the cities and villages, teaching and making His way toward Jerusalem.

And someone said to Him, Lord, are there only a few who are being saved?

And He said to them, Struggle to enter through the  ¹narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter, yet will not be  ²able.

Once the Master of the house has risen and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, Lord, open to us, then He will answer and say to you, I do not know you, nor where you are from.

Then you will begin to say, We ate in Your presence and drank, and You taught in our streets.

And He will say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Go away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness.

There will be  ¹weeping and gnashing of teeth there when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the  ²kingdom of God, but you being cast outside.

And they will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.

And behold, there are some  ¹last who will be first, and there are some  ²first who will be last.

In the same hour some Pharisees came up, saying to Him, Get out and go from here, for Herod wants to  ¹kill you.

And He said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish healings  ¹today and tomorrow, and on the third day I  ²am perfected.

However, I  ¹must journey today and tomorrow and on the following day because it is not acceptable for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who  ¹kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I desired to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you would not!

Behold, your  ¹house is left to you. And I say to you, You shall by no means see Me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

Now there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and spoke it in my hearing — look, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed of Jehovah be my son!

And he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I do consecrate the silver to Jehovah from my hand to my son to make a sculptured  ¹idol and a molten image. Now therefore I will return it to you.

And when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the founder, who made them into a sculptured idol and a molten image. And it was in the house of Micah.

And the man Micah had a  ¹house of gods; and he made an ephod and teraphim, and  ²consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.

In those days there was  ¹no king in Israel; everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.

And there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was a sojourner there.

And the man left the city Bethlehem in Judah to dwell wherever he could find a place. And he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he made his way.

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling in order to dwell wherever I can find a place.

And Micah said to him, Stay with me, and be a father and a priest to me; and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and an array of clothing and your food. So the Levite went with him.

And the Levite was content to stay with the man; and the young man was to him like one of his sons.

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah.

Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will prosper me, because the Levite has become my priest.

In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in, for unto that day the lot had not fallen for them on an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

So the children of Dan sent from their family five men from among all of them, men of valor, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and search it out. And they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah; and they lodged there.

When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite man, so they turned aside there and said to him, Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?

And he said to them, Such and such has Micah done for me; and he has hired me to be his priest.

And they said to him, Inquire now of God that we may know if our way on which we are going will be prosperous.

And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way on which you are going is before Jehovah.

Then the five men left and came to Laish. And they saw the people who were in it, dwelling securely after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land who possessed authority and might humble them in anything; and they were far from the Sidonians and had nothing to do with anyone.

And they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers said to them, What can you say?

And they said, Arise; and let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and it is very good. So do you sit still? Do not be slow about going and entering the land to possess it.

When you go, you will come to a secure people; and the land is very spacious. God has indeed delivered it into your hand, a place where nothing on earth is lacking there.

So six hundred men girded with weapons of war set out from there, from the family of Dan, from Zorah and Eshtaol.

And they went up and encamped in Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Because of this, that place is called  ¹Mahaneh-dan to this day; it is there behind Kiriath-jearim.

And they passed from there into the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

Then the five men who had gone to spy the land of Laish answered and said to their brothers, Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod and teraphim and a sculptured idol and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you should do.

And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite man, the house of Micah; and they asked him concerning his welfare.

And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.

And the five men who had gone to spy the land went up and entered there to seize the sculptured idol and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image. And the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

And when these men entered the house of Micah and seized the sculptured idol and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

And they said to him, Quiet down; put your hand over your mouth, and go with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one man or for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?

And the priest's heart was glad; and he took the ephod and teraphim and the sculptured idol, and went into the midst of the people.

And they turned and departed; and they put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before them.

When they were some distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses that were near the house of Micah were gathered together; and they overtook the children of Dan.

And they called out to the children of Dan. And they turned and faced them and said to Micah, What is bothering you, that you have been gathered together?

And he said, You have taken away my gods that I have made, along with the priest, and have gone off. And what do I still have? How then can you say to me, What is bothering you?

And the children of Dan said, Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest men of fierce temper fall on you and you lose your life and the lives of your household.

And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

So they took that which Micah had made and the priest that had been his, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

And there was no one to deliver it; for it was far from Sidon, and they had nothing to do with anyone. Now it was in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and dwelt in it.

And they called the name of the city Dan, according to the name of Dan their father who had been born to Israel. However the name of the city was Laish formerly.

And the children of Dan erected the sculptured idol; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of  ¹Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

Thus they  ¹set up the sculptured idol that Micah had made the whole time that the house of God was in Shiloh.