3 Nephi 27:33 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
enter ye in at the [strait 1NOQRST|straight ABCDEFGHIJKLMP] gate for [strait 1NOQRST|straight ABCDEFGHIJKLMP] is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life and few there be that find it

Matthew 7:13–14 (King James Bible) enter ye in at the strait gate ... because strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life and few there be that find it

As explained under 1 Nephi 8:20, gates are referred to as being “strait” (that is, ‘narrow’) in the Book of Mormon text. The language is taken from the Sermon on the Mount, where the gate is, of course, narrow. In the manuscripts and early editions, the standard spelling distinction between strait and straight was basically ignored.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 6

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