How narrow is that gate, and hard to pass is the road that leads to life. Few are those who find it.
This saying is a continuation of the previous one, emphasizing that the path leading to eternal life is narrow not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual one, because it requires sacrifice, a pure heart, patience, and steadfast faith. Christ shows that one cannot enter the door to life with a heart full of self-conceit and worldly passions. That road is hard to pass, because it demands an inner struggle against one’s own sins and temptations, and it is within that struggle that spiritual freedom is born. “Few are those who find it” does not mean that God restricts salvation, but that people often do not choose that path, because it passes through humility and self-giving. This saying is a call not to fear narrowness, because the path that seems difficult in fact leads to eternal life and the fullness of God’s presence.