Matthew 7:13

New Century Version

“Enter through the narrow gate. The gate is wide and the road is wide that leads to hell, and many people enter through that gate.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:25

Some people think they are doing right, but in the end it leads to death.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 10:9

I am the door, and the person who enters through me will be saved and will be able to come in and go out and find pasture.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked should stop doing wrong, and they should stop their evil thoughts. They should return to the Lord so he may have mercy on them. They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Proverbs 9:6

Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives because the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives.

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Leave those people, and be separate, says the Lord. Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will accept you.”

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [

Revelation 20:15

And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Philippians 3:19

In the end, they will be destroyed. They do whatever their bodies want, they are proud of their shameful acts, and they think only about earthly things.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest.

Revelation 20:3

Then he threw him into the bottomless pit, closed it, and locked it over him. The angel did this so he could not trick the people of the earth anymore until the thousand years were ended. After a thousand years he must be set free for a short time.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God, but the Evil One controls the whole world.

Matthew 25:46

“These people will go off to be punished forever, but the good people will go to live forever.”

Matthew 25:41

“Then the King will say to those on his left, ‘Go away from me. You will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever that was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Genesis 6:12

When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,

Revelation 13:8

And all who live on earth will worship the beast—all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.

Romans 9:22

It is the same way with God. He wanted to show his anger and to let people see his power. But he patiently stayed with those people he was angry with—people who were made ready to be destroyed.

Luke 14:33

In the same way, you must give up everything you have to be my follower.

Isaiah 1:9

The Lord All-Powerful allowed a few of our people to live. Otherwise we would have been completely destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Revelation 12:9

The giant dragon was thrown down out of heaven. (He is that old snake called the devil or Satan, who tricks the whole world.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked and that everything they thought about was evil.

Luke 9:33

When Moses and Elijah were about to leave, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (Peter did not know what he was talking about.)

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is on the road to death, the road that leads down to the grave.

Isaiah 35:8

A road will be there; this highway will be called “The Road to Being Holy.” Evil people will not be allowed to walk on that road; only good people will walk on it. No fools will go on it.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to true life. Only a few people find that road.