Mat 7:13-14 | KJV | STEP | 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 :

Matt 7: 13

(KJV)

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:

(NASB2020)

“ ^aEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

(NET2full)

“Enter ^{▼▼sn The same verb is used in Matt 5:20, suggesting that the kingdom of heaven is to be understood here as the object.} through the narrow gate because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Matt 7: 14

(KJV)

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

(NASB2020)

For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

(NET2full)

How ^{▼▼tn See BDAG 1007 s.v. τίς for the translation of τί (ti) as an exclamation.} narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, ^{▼▼sn Here the destination is specified as life. In several places Matthew uses “life” or “eternal life” in proximity with “the kingdom of heaven,” suggesting a close relationship between the two concepts (compare Matt 25:34 with v. 46; Matt 19:16, 17, 29 with vv. 23, 24). Matthew consistently portrays “eternal life” as something a person enters in the world to come, whereas the Gospel of John sees “eternal life” as beginning in the present and continuing into the future (cf. John 5:24).} and there are few who find it!