Matthew 5:20 - Tree of Life Version

²⁰ For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Common English Bible

²⁰ I say to you that unless your righteousness is greater than the righteousness of the legal experts and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:20 Cross References

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He wasn’t talking about the hametz in the bread, but about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes one such child in My name, welcomes Me.

Matthew 3:10

Already the axe is laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire!

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Mark 10:15

Amen, I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it!”

Mark 10:25

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, for you are like unmarked tombs, and people walk over them without knowing.”

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered, so many that they were trampling one another, Yeshua began speaking first to His disciples, “Be on guard yourselves against the hametz of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 18:17

Amen, I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if there is glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness overflows even more in glory.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him not having my righteousness derived from Torah, but one that is through trusting in Messiah—the righteousness from God based on trust.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Revelation 21:27

And nothing unholy shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Book of Life.