“The gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are

few who find it.” I imagine a Pharisee giving a hearty Amen to this

teaching of Jesus. But he would only do so because he believes he is on the

narrow way and is a gatekeeper deciding who is in and who is out. But what

if Jesus exposed the Pharisee for where he actually stood in such a

metaphor? On the outside. But how can the most religious people be on the

outside? We open Matthew 23 to hear some of the fieriest words of Jesus

ever recorded.