Matthew 7:13
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The Narrow and Wide Gates
13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Luke 13:24-25
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24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(A) because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’
“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’(B)
Proverbs 16:25
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John 10:9
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9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
Footnotes
- John 10:9 Or kept safe
Isaiah 55:7
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Proverbs 9:6
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Ezekiel 18:27-32
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27 But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.(A) 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.(B) 29 Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
30 “Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent!(C) Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.(D) 31 Rid(E) yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart(F) and a new spirit. Why(G) will you die, people of Israel?(H) 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent(I) and live!(J)
Galatians 5:24
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Matthew 3:2
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2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven(A) has come near.”
Matthew 3:8
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8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(A)
1 Peter 4:17-18
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17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household;(A) and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?(B) 18 And,
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 4:18 Prov. 11:31 (see Septuagint)
Matthew 23:13
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Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(B)
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