Matthew 5:20

New English Translation

For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 3:10

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Mark 10:15

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

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! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 18:17

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

2 Corinthians 5:17

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

Revelation 21:27

but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.