because narrow is the gate, and straitened the way that leads to life, and few there are who find it!

Then He saith to His disciples, "The harvest, indeed, is abundant, but the laborers few;

Suffer both to grow together until the harvest. And, in the season of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them into bundles, with the view of burning them; but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

And Jesus saith to them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes."

He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so.

For many are called, but few chosen.'"

But all their works they do with the view to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge their fringes;

His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your lord.'

His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things; I will set you over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.'