Matthew 7:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ “Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide – and the way is broad – that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ “Go in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is broad and the road wide, so many people enter through it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leads to perdition, and many there are who enter through it.

Matthew 7:13 Cross References

Genesis 6:12

And Elohim looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt – for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth –

Genesis 6:5

And יהוה  saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to the grave, Going down to the rooms of death.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave the simple ones and live, And walk in the way of understanding.

Isaiah 1:9

Unless יהוה  of hosts had left to us a small remnant, we would have become like Seḏ

Isaiah 35:8

And there shall be a highway, and a way, and it shall be called “The Way of Set-apartness.” The unclean does not pass over it, but it is for those who walk the way, and no fools wander on it.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wrong forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to יהוה, who has compassion on him, and to our Elohim, for He pardons much.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Matthew 25:41

“He shall then also say to those on the left hand, ‘Go away from Me, accursed ones, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his messengers –

Matthew 25:46

“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.”

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the reign of the heavens has come near!”

Matthew 3:8

“Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance,

Matthew 7:14

“Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Luke 14:33

“So, then, everyone of you who does not give up all that he has, is unable to be My taught one.

Luke 9:33

And it came to be, as they were parting from Him, Kĕ

John 10:9

“I am the door. Whoever enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and find pasture.

John 14:6

יהושע  said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 3:19

“Repent therefore and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, in order that times of refreshing might come from the presence of the Master,

Romans 9:22

And if Elohim, desiring to show wrath, and to make His power known, with much patience tolerated the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the mighty one of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you.

Galatians 5:24

And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their mighty one is their stomach, and their esteem is in their shame – they mind the earthly.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of Elohim, and all the world lies in the wicked one.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.

Revelation 13:8

And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from the foundation of the world shall worship him.

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:3

and he threw him into the pit of the deep, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should lead the nations no more astray until the thousand years were ended. And after that he has to be released for a little while.