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Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Note 53 at Mt 7:14: This narrow way that leads to life [Greek - "ZOE"--"life as God has it" (Vine's Expository Dictionary)] is not hidden. The reason that few find it is that people are looking in the wrong place. True Christianity is not popular (Mt 7:13, Lu 6:26, and 2Ti 3:12). It includes self-denial (Mt 7:12 and 16:24-26), and it takes effort (Lu 13:24).
