Matthew 7:13

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Summary

Enter 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:

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General references

Matthew 22:14

Bible References

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"Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

He called a child to him and had him stand among them,

"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.

Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.

"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,

In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

I am the door. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will pass in and out and find pasture.

Jesus said to him, "I am Way and Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,

Therefore, "Come out from them, And separate from them, says the Lord, And touch nothing that is unclean. Then I will welcome you,

Those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the physical nature with its propensities and cravings.

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Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels!

Then what if God, though he wanted to display his anger and show his power, has shown great patience toward the objects of his anger, already ripe for destruction,

They are doomed to destruction: their appetites are their god; they glory in their shame; they are absorbed in earthly matters.

in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

For the time has come for the judgment to begin with the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who refuse God's good news?

Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was flung into the fiery lake.

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For many are invited but few chosen."