Temptation Is The Second Step On The Path To Sin In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus compared the ease of following a life of sin with the difficulty of following a life of righteousness. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus eloquently expressed something everyone knows. ...