Matthew 5:20

God's Word

I can guarantee that unless you live a life that has God’s approval and do it more faithfully than the experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

Philippians 3:9

and to have a relationship with him. This means that I didn’t receive God’s approval by obeying his laws. The opposite is true! I have God’s approval through faith in Christ. This is the approval that comes from God and is based on faith

Hebrews 12:14

Try to live peacefully with everyone, and try to live holy lives, because if you don’t, you will not see the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who does what my Father in heaven wants.

Revelation 21:27

Nothing unclean, no one who does anything detestable, and no liars will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb’s Book of Life will enter it.

Luke 18:17

I can guarantee this truth: Whoever doesn’t receive God’s kingdom as a little child receives it will never enter it.”

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, thousands of people had gathered. They were so crowded that they stepped on each other. Jesus spoke to his disciples and said, “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees. I’m talking about their hypocrisy.

Luke 11:44

How horrible it will be for you! You are like unmarked graves. People walk on them without knowing what they are.”

Mark 10:25

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

Mark 10:15

I can guarantee this truth: Whoever doesn’t receive God’s kingdom as a little child receives it will never enter it.”

Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 3:10

The ax is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that he didn’t say to watch out for the yeast in bread, but to watch out for the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

2 Corinthians 3:9

If the ministry that brings punishment has glory, then the ministry that brings God’s approval has an overwhelming glory.