Matthew 5:20

Modern English Version

For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God on the basis of faith,

Hebrews 12:14

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

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.

Matthew 7:21

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

Revelation 21:27

No unclean thing shall ever enter it, nor shall anyone who commits abomination or falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Luke 18:17

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when thousands of the crowd were assembled, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 11:44

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen graves, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

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.”

Mark 10:15

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter it.”

Matthew 18:5

And whoever receives one such little child in My name receives Me.

Matthew 3:10

Even now the axe is put to the tree roots. Therefore, every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation is glorious, the ministry of righteousness much more exceeds it in glory.