Matthew 5:20

Lighthouse Bible 2006

For I say to you, That unless your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood how he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.

Matthew 3:10

And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:21

Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Mark 10:15

Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Mark 10:25

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

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not visible, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

Luke 12:1

In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, to the extent that that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 18:17

Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall by no means enter therein.

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed it in glory.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Philippians 3:9

And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

Revelation 21:27

And there shall by no means enter into it anything that defiles, neither whatever works abomination, or makes a lie: but those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.