One of my favorite films is The Razor's Edge - based on the book by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1944. Its epigraph reads:
"The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to salvation is hard."
Somerset Maugham took the above verse from the Katha-Upanishad, written about 600-500 B.C. (about the same time that the Books of Daniel, Zechariah, and Malachi were written).
I recently discovered that Matthew 7:13-14 cautions the reader with similar caveats. The NKJV translation reads thusly:
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
I find it not only fascinating, but also rather gratifying, that two scriptures from different faiths can be so right on target. You might categorize the message as a classic example of intra-faith dynamic equivalency! Do any of my CC sisters and brothers out there know of similar scriptural accordances?
"The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to salvation is hard."
Somerset Maugham took the above verse from the Katha-Upanishad, written about 600-500 B.C. (about the same time that the Books of Daniel, Zechariah, and Malachi were written).
I recently discovered that Matthew 7:13-14 cautions the reader with similar caveats. The NKJV translation reads thusly:
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
I find it not only fascinating, but also rather gratifying, that two scriptures from different faiths can be so right on target. You might categorize the message as a classic example of intra-faith dynamic equivalency! Do any of my CC sisters and brothers out there know of similar scriptural accordances?
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