Matthew 5:20
Indeed I tell you that, unless your religion is above that of the Teachers of the Law, and Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Hebrews 12:14
Try earnestly to live at peace with every one, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.
Romans 10:2-3
I can testify that they are zealous for the honor of God; but they are not guided by true insight,
Philippians 3:9
Any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ--the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
Matthew 3:10
Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:21
Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 18:5
And any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even one little child like this, is welcoming me.
Matthew 23:2-5
"The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
Matthew 23:23-28
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
Mark 10:15
I tell you, unless a man receives the Kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all."
Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."
Luke 11:39-40
But the Master said to him: "You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.
Luke 11:44
Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares."
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: "Be on your guard against the leaven--that is, the hypocrisy--of the Pharisees.
Luke 16:14-15
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
Luke 18:10-14
"Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.
Luke 18:17
I tell you, unless a man receives the Kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all."
Luke 18:24-25
Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples: "How hard it is for men of wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!
Luke 20:46-47
"Be on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.
John 3:3-5
"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Romans 9:30-32
What are we to say, then? Why, that Gentiles, who were not in search of righteousness, secured it-a righteousness which was the result of faith;
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if any one is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!
Revelation 21:27
'Never shall any unhallowed thing enter it,' nor he whose life is shameful and false, but only 'those whose names have been written in the Lamb's Book of Life.'