"For I sayto you that unlessyour righteousnesssurpasses[that] of the scribesand Pharisees,you will not enterthe kingdomof heaven.
and may be foundin Him, not havinga righteousnessof my ownderivedfrom [the] Law,but that which is throughfaithin Christ,the righteousnesswhich [comes] from Godon the basisof faith,
Pursuepeacewith all men,and the sanctificationwithoutwhichno onewill seethe Lord.
Thereforeifanyoneis in Christ,[he is] a newcreature;the old thingspassed away;behold,new thingshave come.
"Not everyonewho saysto Me, 'Lord,Lord,'will enterthe kingdomof heaven,but he who doesthe willof My Fatherwho is in heaven[will enter].
and nothingunclean,and noone who practicesabominationand lying,shall evercomeinto it, but onlythosewhose names are writtenin the Lamb'sbookof life.
"TrulyI sayto you, whoeverdoes not receivethe kingdomof Godlikea childwill not enterit [at all]."
Underthesecircumstances,after so many thousandsof peoplehad gathered togetherthat they were steppingon one another,He begansayingto His disciplesfirst[of all, ]"Bewareof the leavenof the Pharisees,whichis hypocrisy.
"Woeto you! For you are likeconcealedtombs,and the peoplewho walkover[them] are unaware[of it]."
"It is easierfor a camelto gothroughthe eyeof a needlethanfor a rich manto enterthe kingdomof God."
"TrulyI sayto you, whoeverdoes not receivethe kingdomof Godlikea childwill not enterit [at] [all]."
"And whoeverreceivesonesuchchildin My namereceivesMe;
"The axeis alreadylaidat the rootof the trees;thereforeeverytreethat does not beargoodfruitis cut downand throwninto the fire.
Thenthey understoodthat He did not sayto bewareof the leavenof bread,but of the teachingof the Phariseesand Sadducees.
For ifthe ministryof condemnationhas glory,muchmoredoes the ministryof righteousnessaboundin glory.
