“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:”
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. The two-ways teaching that closes the Sermon: the broad way is easy and widely traveled; the narrow way requires more effort and has fewer travelers. Deuteronomy 30:19 offers the two ways of life and death; Jeremiah 21:8 presents the way of life and the way of death to Jerusalem. Jesus does not locate the narrow gate in a particular religious institution or tradition but in himself (John 14:6 — I am the way). The many who travel the broad way are not all self-consciously evil; they are simply not paying attention to the direction they are traveling. The easy path is easy precisely because it requires no transformation.
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