Matthew 7:14

because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads to Life, and few are those who find it.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

In Context

13"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;

15"Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:16"So the last shall be first, and the first last."

Matthew 25:1"Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Luke 12:32"Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.

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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