Matthew 7:13

Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat.

Bible (Bishops')

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

12Therfore all thynges, whatsoeuer ye woulde that men shoulde do to you, do ye euen so to them: For this is the lawe, and the prophetes.

14Because, strayte is the gate, and narowe is the way, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And God loked vpon the earth, and beholde it was corrupt: for all fleshe had corrupt his way vpon earth.

Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death.

Proverbs 16:25There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

Isaiah 55:7Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue.

Matthew 3:2Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande.

Matthew 18:2Iesus called a litle chylde vnto hym, and set hym in the myddest [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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