Matthew 7:13

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leads to perdition, and many there are who enter through it.

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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

12Therefore, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

14How narrow is the gate, and how straight is the way, which leads to life, and few there are who find it!

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth)

Proverbs 7:27Her household is the way to Hell, reaching even to the inner places of death.

Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man, and its end result leads to death.

Isaiah 55:7Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

Matthew 3:2and saying: “Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”

Matthew 18:2And Jesus, calling to himself a little child, placed him in their midst.

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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