Matthew 7:13

Enter ye by the strait gate (or Enter by the narrow gate); for the gate that leadeth to perdition, [or to damnation], is large, and the way is broad, and there be many that enter by it.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 things ye will that men do to you, do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets. (And so everything, whatever ye want or desire people to do for you, do that for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.)

14How strait (or narrow) is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life, and there be few that find it.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And when God saw, that the earth was corrupt, for each flesh, or man, had corrupted his way on [the] earth (or for all people had corrupted their ways upon the earth),

Proverbs 7:27The ways of hell is her house; and pierce (th) into the inner things of death. (Her house is the way, or the entrance, to Sheol or to hell; yea, it leadeth down to the land of the dead.)

Proverbs 16:25A way there is that seemeth rightful to a man (or There is a way that seemeth right to someone); and the last things thereof lead to death.

Isaiah 55:7An unfaithful man forsake his way, and a wicked man forsake his thoughts; and turn he again to the Lord, and he shall have mercy on him, and to our God, for he is much to forgive (or for he is quick to forgive).

Matthew 3:2and said, Do ye penance, for the kingdom of heaven shall [come] nigh. (and said, Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.)

Matthew 18:2And Jesus called (for) a little child, and put him in the middle [or 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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