12 (A)[a]Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: even so do ye to them: for this is the [b]Law and the Prophets.

13 (B)[c]Enter in at the strait gate: for it is the wide gate, and broad way that leadeth to destruction: and many there be which go in thereat.

14 Because [d]the gate is strait, and the way narrow that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:12 A rehearsal of the meaning of the second table.
  2. Matthew 7:12 That is to say, the doctrine of the Law and Prophets.
  3. Matthew 7:13 Example of life must not be taken from a multitude.
  4. Matthew 7:14 The way is straight and narrow we must pass through this rough way, and suffer and endure, and be thronged, and to enter into life.

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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