Matthew 7:13

Enter in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction; and many are they who go in thereat.

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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

12All things, then, whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

14For strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life; and few are they who find it.

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to the under-world, Leading down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right to a man, But the end thereof is the way to death.

Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him, And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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

Matthew 18:2And he called a child to him, and set 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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