Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
The strait
General references
Bible References
The strait
Matthew 7:13
"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.
For
Mark 6:18
For John kept saying to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."
John 7:34
You will then look for me, but you will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going."
John 8:21
Then Jesus again said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die under the curse of your sins; for where I am going you can never come."
John 13:33
Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.
Romans 9:31
while Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law that would bring right standing, did not attain to it.
Romans 10:3
For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.
General references
Matthew 22:14
For many are invited, but few are selected."
John 7:34
You will then look for me, but you will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going."