12 Therefore, (A)whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for (B)this is the Law and the Prophets.

The Narrow Way(C)

13 (D)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:14 NU, M How narrow . . . !
  2. Matthew 7:14 confined

12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,(A) for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.(B)

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(C) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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20 For if, after they (A)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (B)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For (C)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (D)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

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20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(D) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](E) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

26 Ponder the path of your (A)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.

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26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(A)
    and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(B)
    keep your foot from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

28 In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

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28 In the way of righteousness there is life;(A)
    along that path is immortality.

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He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
(A)But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

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Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
    but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

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12 (A)There is a way that seems right to a man,
But (B)its end is the way of (C)death.

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12 There is a way that appears to be right,(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.(B)

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10 (A)Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way,
And (B)he who hates correction will die.

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10 Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;
    the one who hates correction will die.(A)

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