Matthew 7:13

Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction; and many there are that go in through it.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

In Context

12All things, therefore, whatever you would that men should do to you, even so do you to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

14How strait is the gate, and how narrow the way, that leads to life! and few there are that find it.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:2and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 18:2And Jesus called a little child to him, and placed him in the midst of them,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:13-15

The Sermon on the Mount. 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Our Lord Jesus here presses upon us that righteousness towards men which is an essential branch of true… Read the whole commentary →

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