Matthew 5:20

New American Standard Bible 2020

“For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter 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 teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever receives one such child in My name, receives Me;

Matthew 3:10

And the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit is being cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:21

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

Mark 10:15

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

Mark 10:25

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

Luke 11:44

Woe to you! For you are like unseen tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”

Luke 12:1

Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying 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 does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness excel in glory.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Philippians 3:9

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

Hebrews 12:14

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

Revelation 21:27

and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.