Matthew 5:20

Modern King James Version

For I say to you that unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of Heaven.

Cross References

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and 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 cast into the fire.

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 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 into it.

Mark 10:25

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

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen tombs and the men walking above are not aware of them.

Luke 12:1

In the meantime, when there had gathered together an innumerable crowd of people, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, 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 in no way enter into it.

2 Corinthians 3:9

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

2 Corinthians 5:17

So that if any one is in Christ, that one 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 through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith,

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord;

Revelation 21:27

And there shall in no way enter into it anything that defiles, or any making an abomination or a lie; but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.