"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide {is} the gate, and broad {is} the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many th…" — Matthew 7:13

Matthew 7:13 · KJV

“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: {strait: or, narrow}”

— Matthew 7:13

Verse 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.

Verse 14

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

Matthew 7 — Context

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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.

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: {strait: or, narrow}

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

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Cross References

Luke 13:24-25

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 10:9

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. {the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity} {abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon}

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Galatians 5:24

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. {affections: or, passions}

Matthew 3:2

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