Matthew 7:13-14

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 7 · Words of Christ are set in red.

3 songs meet this passage

  • “The piper's calling you to join him”

    Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin

    strains against Matthew 7:13-14

    An alluring but undefined 'piper' leading the listener stands in tension with Jesus's warning to beware the wide, easy gate versus the narrow one that leads to life.

  • Purple Rain · Prince & The Revolution

    strains against Matthew 7:13-14

    The offer to 'guide' toward an undefined, mystical comfort stands apart from the narrow way Jesus describes; the song's rain is ambiguous rather than a clear path.

  • “I'm on my way to the Promised Land”

    Highway to Hell · AC/DC

    strains against Matthew 7:13

    The song ironically calls hell the Promised Land, inverting the wide and narrow paths Jesus describes.

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