Matthew 7:13

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Enter ye in at the strait gate - Christ here compares the way to life to an entrance through a gate. The words “straight” and “strait” have very...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) 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 therea...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Epilogue. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old ( Exodus 23:20 ff.). Matthew 7:13 f. The Two Gates and the Two Ways ( Lu...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Enter ye in, &c. Repeated on. later occasion. Luke 13:2 . at . through, or by means of Greek. dia. strait . narrow. wide. Greek. pla...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Enter in by the strait gate As nothing is more opposed to the flesh than the doctrine of Christ, no man will ever make great proficie...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1331 THE STRAIT AND NARROW WAYS Matthew 7:13-14 . Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that lea...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: E...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Enter ye in at the strait gate— That is, strive to enter. See Luke 13:24 . By the figurative expressions used in these verses, our blessed Savio...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole c...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The strait gate] RV 'the narrow gate.' St. Matthew's word means a city gate, St. Luke's a small gate or door. Even city gates are exceedingly narro...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Enter ye in at the strait gate. — The figure was possibly suggested by some town actually in sight. Safed, the “city set on a hill,” or some other,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Life; Testing Leaders Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the stand...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hyp...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AVOIDING THE WAY OF THE MANY ‘Enter ye in at the strait gate,’ etc. Matthew 7:13 Our Lord here gives us a general caution against the way of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Enter ye in at the strait gate ,.... By the "strait gate" is meant Christ himself; who elsewhere calls himself "the door", John 10:7 as he is int...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Enter ye in at the strait gate The gate of true conversion, of self-denial, mortification, and universal holiness; the gate in at which few, compar...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men sho...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Ways (7:13-14). Jesus commences His closing exhortation by setting before them a choice as to which way they will take in the future. His...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation to Choose the Right Way and Produce Good Fruit by Full Obedience to His Words So As To Enter Into Life and Avoid Destruction (7:13-27)....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:13 . Destruction. —The word implies, not annihilation, but waste ( Matthew 26:8 ; Mark 14:4 ), perdition, i.e . the l...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:13-14 There are only two ways the broad and the narrow. Along one or other of these has every mortal pilgrim gone. By one or other of th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down o...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be me...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:7 . Ask, and it shall be given you; He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fa...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:13-14 . 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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:13 . Enter ye in at the strait gate. It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great liberality and breadth; but enter...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time....
The Biblical Illustrator

Enter ye in at the strait gate. The strait gate not a shut gate I. The faithfulness of a holy God. God has told us the way is difficult. It is...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness m...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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;
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Conclusion of the Sermon. The two ways:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:19 ; 1 Peter 4:17 ; 1 Peter 4:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Acts 2:38-40...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The strait gate — The holiness described in the foregoing chapters. And this is the narrow way. Wide is the gate, and many there are that go in thr...

¹³ Enter ye in at the straita gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 7:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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