(NIV Version)
Matthew 7:13-14
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, an only a few find it.
Matthew 7:21-22
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesying in Your name and in Your name drive out demons and in Your name perform any miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from Me, you evil doers!’
Mark 16:15-16
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Luke 1:67-75
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has come to His people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the House of His servant David (as He said through His holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us – to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember His holy covenant, the oath He swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve Him without fear and holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
John 1:12
Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God-
John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.
John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.