Matthew 7:14

The gate is narrow and the road hard that lead to life, and few find it. True discipleship is costly and not the path of the majority.

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• Luke 13:23–30“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
• Matt 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
• Matt 16:24–25Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
• Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• Isa 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
• Prov 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
• Mark 8:34Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• John 15:18–20If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
• Isa 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
• John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
• Prov 4:26–27Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
• Jer 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
• Matt 20:16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
• Eph 2:2–3in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Pet 3:20–21who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
• Isa 57:14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
• Rom 9:27–29Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
• Matt 25:1–12“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
• 1 Th 3:2–5We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
• Rom 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
• Rom 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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