Matthew 7:13

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Cross References (36)

  • Luke 13:24–25 (134)

    “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

  • Proverbs 16:25 (126)

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

  • John 14:6 (93)

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

  • John 10:9 (66)

    I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

  • Isaiah 55:7 (40)

    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have co

  • Proverbs 9:6 (35)

    Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

  • Galatians 5:24 (34)

    Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  • Matthew 3:2 (31)

    and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

  • Ezekiel 18:27–32 (31)

    But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

  • Matthew 3:8 (23)

    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17 (21)

    “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

  • Revelation 20:15 (21)

    And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

  • Matthew 23:13 (19)

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not

  • 1 Peter 4:17–18 (19)

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for thos

  • Ephesians 2:2–3 (18)

    in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spi

  • Philippians 3:19 (16)

    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly th

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4 (15)

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Chr

  • Matthew 18:2–3 (15)

    Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

  • Matthew 25:46 (14)

    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

  • 1 John 5:19 (14)

    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

  • Revelation 20:3 (12)

    And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the tho

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9 (12)

    in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 3:19 (12)

    Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

  • Revelation 13:8 (11)

    And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the w

  • Matthew 25:41 (11)

    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil

  • Genesis 6:12 (11)

    And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their way

  • Acts 2:38–40 (11)

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,

  • Luke 14:33 (11)

    In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

  • Isaiah 1:9 (11)

    Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

  • Revelation 12:9 (11)

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. H

  • Romans 9:22 (11)

    What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, pr

  • Romans 3:9–19 (10)

    What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under s

  • Genesis 6:5 (9)

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his

  • Psalms 14:2–3 (9)

    The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

  • Proverbs 7:27 (7)

    Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

  • Luke 9:33 (7)

    As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelte