Matthew 7:13
11 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
12 In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
15 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- 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:
- WEB
- “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
- ASV
- Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
- DARBY
- Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
- BLB
- Enter through the narrow gate, because wide [is] the gate and broad the way that is leading to destruction, and many are those entering through it.
- ÅB
- «Gå inn gjennom den trange porten! Porten er vid, og veien er bred som fører til fortapelsen, og det er mange som går inn gjennom den.
- OTB
- “Gå inn gjennom den trange porten; for vid er porten og bred er veien som fører til fortapelsen, og mange er de som går inn gjennom den.
- B1930
- Gå inn gjennem den trange port! for den port er vid, og den vei er bred som fører til fortapelsen, og mange er de som går inn gjennem den;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 13:24–25
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Read in contextProverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextJohn 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Read in contextProverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Read in contextGalatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Read in contextMatthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
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