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Matthew 7:13

"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

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Key words: apōleia hodos eiserchomai stenos pylē

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Enter ye ineiselthete Εἰσέλθετεeiserchomai6
atdia διὰdia3
thetēs τῆςho145
straitstenēs στενῆςstenos2
gatepylēs πύληςpylē3
forhoti ὅτιhoti33
wideplateia πλατεῖαplatys1
[is]supplied in English
thehē ἡho145
gatepylē πύληpylē3
andkai καὶkai104
broadeurychōros εὐρύχωροςeurychōros1
[is]supplied in English
thehē ἡho145
wayhodos ὁδὸςhodos3
thathē ἡho145
leadethapagousa ἀπάγουσαapagō2
toeis εἰςeis18
destructionapōleian ἀπώλειανapōleia1
andkai καὶkai104
manypolloi πολλοίpolys5
there beeisin εἰσινeisi3
whichhoi οἱho145
go ineiserchomenoi εἰσερχόμενοιeiserchomai6
thereatdi διdia3

Memory passages these point to

J-34 Matthew 23:13-22J-98 Romans 3:1-11P-68 Proverbs 9:1-12S-38 John 14:6-18S-48 Philippians 3:16-21S-52 1 Peter 4:8-19

Cross-references 36

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

at the strait gate 15
  • Matthew 3:2, 8

    2and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"
    8Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,

  • Matthew 18:2-3

    2Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • Matthew 23:13 J-34 Matthew 23:13-22

    13"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

  • Proverbs 9:6 P-68 Proverbs 9:1-12

    6Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.

  • Isaiah 55:7

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

  • Ezekiel 18:27-32

    27Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. 28Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair? 30"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says the Lord GOD. "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord GOD. "Therefore turn and live!"

  • Luke 9:33

    33Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"--not knowing what he said.

  • Luke 13:24-25

    24"Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, "Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, "I do not know you, where you are from,'

  • Luke 14:33

    33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

  • John 10:9

    9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

  • John 14:6 S-38 John 14:6-18

    6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

  • Acts 2:38-40

    38Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." 40And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation."

  • Acts 3:19

    19Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    17Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you."

  • Galatians 5:24

    24And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

for wide [is] the gate 10
  • Genesis 6:5, 12

    5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
    12So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

  • Psalms 14:2-3

    2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.

  • Isaiah 1:9

    9Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.

  • Romans 3:9-19 J-98 Romans 3:1-11

    9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 10As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; 11There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one." 13"Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; "The poison of asps is under their lips"; 14"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness." 15"Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17And the way of peace they have not known." 18"There is no fear of God before their eyes." 19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    4whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

  • Ephesians 2:2-3

    2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

  • 1 John 5:19

    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

  • Revelation 12:9

    9So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  • Revelation 13:8

    8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • Revelation 20:3

    3and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

that leadeth to destruction 8
  • Matthew 25:41, 46

    41"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
    46And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

  • Proverbs 7:27

    27Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.

  • Proverbs 16:25

    25There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

  • Romans 9:22

    22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

  • Philippians 3:19 S-48 Philippians 3:16-21

    19whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame--who set their mind on earthly things.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

    8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

  • 1 Peter 4:17-18 S-52 1 Peter 4:8-19

    17For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18Now "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?"

  • Revelation 20:15

    15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

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