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, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

Jesus called a little child to him, and placed it in the middle of them, and then said:

But alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces. For you do not go in yourselves, nor yet allow those who try to go in to do so.

And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed: "Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying;

"Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,

And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has--he cannot be a disciple of mine.

I am the Door; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

Therefore "Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you;

And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

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Then he will say to those on his left 'Go from my presence, accursed, into the 'aeonian fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.'

And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only to be destroyed,

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

Then he will 'inflict punishment upon those who refuse to know God, and upon those who turn a deaf ear' to the Good News of Jesus, our Lord.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the House of God; and, if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God's Good News?

and all whose names 'were not found written in the Book of Life' were hurled into the lake of fire.

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For many are called, but few chosen."