By the narrow gate (δια της στενης πυλης). The Authorized Version "at the strait gate" misled those who did not distinguish betwee…

Enter ye in at the strait gate. Christ here compares the way to life to an entrance through a gate. The words straight, and s…

Enter by the narrow gate — The image was possibly suggested by a town actually in sight. This might have been Safed, the “city set…

For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

St. Augustine of Hippo: The Lord had warned us previously to have a single and pure heart with which to seek God; but since this…

The general picture here is clear enough: there are two gates, two roads, two crowds, two destinations. The “narrow” gate is clearly restrictive an…

Enter in by the strait gate. Since nothing is more opposed to the flesh than the doctrine of Christ, no one will ever make great progress …

Enter you in at the strait gate
By the "strait gate" is meant Christ himself; who elsewhere calls himself "the door"…

Christ came to teach us, not only what we are to know and believe, but also what we are to do; not only toward God, but toward people; not only tow…

Christ fulfilled the Law regarding its precepts and its promises; now He fulfills the Law regarding its judgments. Firstly, therefore, He directs t…