Matthew 5:20

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Summary

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Exceed

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General references

Matthew 22:36

Bible References

Exceed

"The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.

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.

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.

All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.

"Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.

"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.

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;

I can testify that they are zealous for the honor of God; but they are not guided by true insight,

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!

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.

Ye

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.

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.

And any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even one little child like this, is welcoming me.

I tell you, unless a man receives the Kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all."

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

Try earnestly to live at peace with every one, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.

'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.'

General references

"Teacher, what is the great commandment in the Law?"