Matthew 7:14
“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth vnto life, and few there be that finde it.”
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Matthew 7:14 Context
12Therefore all things whatsoeuer ye would that men should doe to you, doe ye euen so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13¶ 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 goe in thereat: 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth vnto life, and few there be that finde it. 15¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues. 16Yee shall knowe them by their fruits: Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thistles?
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Other Translations for Matthew 7:14
Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- King James Version
"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
- Basic English Bible
For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
- Darby Bible
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.
- Webster's Bible
because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads to Life, and few are those who find it.
- Weymouth Bible
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
- World English Bible
Hou streit is the yate, and narwy the weye, that ledith to lijf, and ther ben fewe that fynden it.
- Wycliffe Bible
how strait [is] the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 7:14
Mt 7:14 For strait [is] the gate. What is it, Augustine asks, that makes this gate so small to us? It is not that it is "strait", or narrow, in itself, but that we want to take in our pride, our self-will, our darling sins. Few there be that find it. It has been to be sought. The reason that men do not find it is not because it is hard to find, but because they prefer to walk in the broad way.