Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in by the strait gate; for wide is the gate and broad the way which leadeth to destruction; and many are they that walk in it.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

12Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you; so also do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

14How small the gate and straitened the way that leadeth to life, and few they who find it!

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Cross References

Matthew 3:2and said: Repent; the kingdom of heaven hath approached.

Matthew 18:2And Jesus called a child, 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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