Matthew 7:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Proverbs 16:25

Sometimes what seems right is really a road to death.

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is a one-way street leading straight down to the world of the dead.

Proverbs 9:6

If you want to live, give up your foolishness and let understanding guide your steps.”

Isaiah 1:9

Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Isaiah 35:8

A good road will be there, and it will be named “God's Sacred Highway”. It will be for God's people; no one unfit to worship God will walk on that road. And no fools can travel on that highway.

Isaiah 55:7

Give up your crooked ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the LORD our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Matthew 25:41

Then the king will say to those on his left, “Get away from me! You are under God's curse. Go into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 25:46

Then Jesus said, “Those people will be punished for ever. But the ones who pleased God will have eternal life.”

Matthew 3:2

He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”

Matthew 3:8

Do something to show that you have really given up your sins.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.

Luke 14:33

So then, you cannot be my disciple unless you give away everything you own.

Luke 9:33

Moses and Elijah were about to leave, when Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But Peter did not know what he was talking about.

John 10:9

I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.

John 14:6

“I am the way, the truth, and the life!” Jesus answered. “Without me, no one can go to the Father.

Acts 3:19

So turn to God! Give up your sins, and you will be forgiven.

Romans 9:22

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

2 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord also says, “Leave them and stay away! Don't touch anything that isn't clean. Then I will welcome you

Galatians 5:24

And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.

Philippians 3:19

that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and boast about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.

1 John 5:19

We are certain that we come from God and that the rest of the world is under the power of the devil.

Revelation 12:9

and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan.

Revelation 13:8

The beast was worshipped by everyone whose name wasn't written before the time of creation in the book of the Lamb who was killed.

Revelation 20:15

Anyone whose name wasn't written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:3

Then the angel threw the dragon into the pit. He locked and sealed it, so that a thousand years would go by before the dragon could fool the nations again. But after that, it would have to be set free for a little while.