Matthew 5:20
I also tell you, your righteousness must be greater than the scribes and Pharisees or you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace and holiness with all people, for no man will see the Lord without it.
Romans 10:2-3
I testify that they have zeal for God, but not according to [precise and correct] knowledge.
Philippians 3:9
I want to be united with him. I no longer want a righteousness of my own that is gained by obeying the law. The righteousness from God is by faith in Christ.
Matthew 3:10
The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. He who does the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
Matthew 18:5
Everyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts me.
Matthew 23:2-5
The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, he said.
Matthew 23:23-28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You should do both and leave nothing undone.
Mark 10:15
Truly I tell you, he who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child shall not enter it.
Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Luke 11:39-40
The Lord said: You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Luke 11:44
Woe to you! You are as the tombs that do not appear and men walk over them and do not know it.
Luke 12:1
Thousands of people in the crowd were gathered together so much that they bumped into one another. He said to his disciples: First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 16:14-15
Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.
Luke 18:10-14
Two men went to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Luke 18:17
Truly I tell you he who does not receive the kingdom of God like little child, shall in no wise enter it.
Luke 18:24-25
Seeing him Jesus said: It is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Luke 20:46-47
Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes. They love greetings in the marketplaces. They sit in the chief seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts.
John 3:3-5
Jesus answered: Truly I tell you unless a person is born again (brought forth from above) he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Romans 9:30-32
What shall we say? The nations did not pursue righteousness. Yet they have attained to righteousness, the righteousness that is based on the principle of faith.
2 Corinthians 5:17
If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things have passed away. Behold, they have become new.
Revelation 21:27
Nothing impure will ever enter it. The shameful and deceitful will not enter. Only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life will enter.