狭き門より入れ

せまきもんよりいれ

Meanings

1. Expression enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate (from Matthew 7:13)

Kanji

• 狭 narrow. Read as せまい.
• 門 gate. Read as モン.
• 入 enter. Read as いれ.

Example sentences

• 狭き門より入れ。
  Enter by the narrow gate.

Word lists

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