Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by 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 whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

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

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

Matthew 18:2And Jesus called a little 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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