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Matthew 7:13-14 KJV
Matthew · chapter 7 · verses 13–14
13Enter 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: 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.Matthew 7:13-14 · King James Version
Matthew 7:13-14 in context
11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13Enter 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:
14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Commentary
Cross references
- Luke 13:24-25
- Proverbs 16:25
- John 14:6
- John 10:9
- Isaiah 55:7
- Proverbs 9:6
- Galatians 5:24
- Ezekiel 18:27-32
- Luke 13:23-30
- Matthew 22:14
- Matthew 16:24-25
- Romans 12:2
Key words (Strong's)
- destructionapōleiadestroying, utter destruction, of vessels, a perishing, ruin, destruction, of money, the…G684 →
- leadethapagōto lead away, esp. of those who are led off to trial, prison, or punishmentG520 →
- thereatdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- straitstenosnarrow, straitG4728 →
- narrowthlibōto press , press hard upon, a compressed way, narrow straitened, contracted, metaph. to…G2346 →
- broadeurychōrosspacious, broadG2149 →
- gatepylēa gate, of the larger sort, in the wall of either a city, a palace, a town, the temple, a…G4439 →
- wideplatysbroadG4116 →
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Our Lord Jesus here presses upon us that righteousness towards men which is an essential branch of true religion, and that religion towards God which is an essential branch of universal righteousness. I. We must make righteousness our rule, and be ruled by it, Mat 7:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-14