The King of Stories -- A Triumphant Scourging of Rebellious Figs
Introductory note from Jason Pratt: see here for the previous entry; and see here for the first entry of the series. (It explains what I'm doing, and how, and contains the Johannine prologue.) Since these next two 'chapters' are relatively short, I am presenting them both together, so that later I can divide the longest remaining 'chapter' into two entries. The King's Triumphant Entry (5 days until the end...) Now on the next day... Jesus was passing through one city and village to another (around Jerusalem?), teaching and proceeding, going in toward Jerusalem. [See first comment below for a footnote here.] And someone said to Him, "Master, are there only a few who are being saved?" And He said to them: "Struggle to enter through the short and narrow door; for I tell you, many will seek to enter and will not be strong enough, once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door. "But you will be standing outside, beginning to knock on the...