Matthew 5:20

The Sermon On The Mount: The Law And The Prophets Fulfilled

¹⁹ Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰  For I tell you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven at all. ²¹ "You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

Certainly Not

Kingdom of Heaven

Law of Moses

Scribes and Pharisees

Teachers of the Law

With God

By No Means

Moses

No

Pharisees

Hebrews 12:14

Continue to live in peace with everybody and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

Romans 10:2-3

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but they are not intelligently so.

Philippians 3:9

and be actually in union with Him, not having a supposed right standing with God which depends on my doing what the law commands, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the real right standing with God which originates from Him and rests on faith.

Matthew 3:10

Now the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Every tree then that fails to bear good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who practice doing the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:5

and whoever welcomes one little child like this for my sake welcomes me.

Matthew 23:2-5

"The scribes and Pharisees have taken Moses' seat as teachers.

Matthew 23:23-28

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

Mark 10:15

I solemnly say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

Mark 10:25

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."

Luke 11:39-40

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees have the habit of cleaning the outside of your cups and dishes, but inside you yourselves are full of greed and wickedness.

Luke 11:44

A curse on you, because you are like unmarked graves which men walk over without knowing it!"

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile as the people had gathered in tens of thousands, so that they were trampling upon one another, He began to say, first of all, to His disciples: "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.

Luke 16:14-15

Now the Pharisees who were lovers of money had been listening to all this, and they began to ridicule Him.

Luke 18:10-14

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax-collector.

Luke 18:17

I solemnly say to you, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

Luke 18:24-25

So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!

Luke 20:46-47

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes and love to be saluted with honor in public places, to be seated in the front seats in the synagogues, and to occupy the places of honor at banquets --

John 3:3-5

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Romans 9:30-32

What are we then to conclude? That heathen peoples who were not in search for right standing with God have obtained it, and that a right standing conditioned on faith;

2 Corinthians 5:17

For if anybody is in union with Christ, he is the work of a new creation; the old condition has passed away, a new condition has come.

Revelation 21:27

Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominable living and lying, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.