Matthew 7:13

New International Version

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

Isaiah 1:9

Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46

“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 3:8

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Matthew 7:14

But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Luke 14:33

In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.

Luke 9:33

As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)

John 10:9

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

Romans 9:22

What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Philippians 3:19

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 13:8

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.

Revelation 20:15

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

Revelation 20:3

He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.