Matthew 7:13

The Narrow Gate

7:13 “Enter 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.

Matthew 13:12

13:12 For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ¹ 

Matthew 26:69

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A ²  slave girl ³  came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

[13:12]  ¹ sn What he has will be taken from him. The meaning is that the one who accepts Jesus’ teaching concerning his person and the kingdom will receive a share in the kingdom now and even more in the future, but for the one who rejects Jesus’ words, the opportunity that that person presently possesses with respect to the kingdom will someday be taken away forever.

[26:69]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:69]  ² tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.