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Matthew 7:14 KJV
Matthew · chapter 7 · verse 14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.Matthew 7:14 · King James Version
Matthew 7:14 in context
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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- leadethapagōto lead away, esp. of those who are led off to trial, prison, or punishmentG520 →
- straitstenosnarrow, straitG4728 →
- narrowthlibōto press , press hard upon, a compressed way, narrow straitened, contracted, metaph. to…G2346 →
- gatepylēa gate, of the larger sort, in the wall of either a city, a palace, a town, the temple, a…G4439 →
- lifezōēlife, the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, every living soul…G2222 →
- findheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
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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