Matthew 7:13
+ 7:13 (13-14) MP: Pathway for the upright, those who are clean, to walk in, (waters in the desert Is 35:7) and not for those unclean. (See also Is 29:18-19). (Is 35:8) “Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
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14How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
Cross References
Genesis 6:12God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol ·Place of the dead·, 2 going down to the rooms of death.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man, 2 but in the end it leads to death. 1
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, 2 and those who practice vain striving of iniquity his thoughts. 1 Let him make teshuvah ·complete return· to Adonai, and he will have racham ·merciful love· on him; 2 and to our God, for he will freely pardon. 1
Matthew 3:2“ Teshuvah ·Turn repent·, for the Kingdom of Heaven (God) is at hand!”
Matthew 18:2Yeshua [Salvation] called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle 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 →