Matthew 5:20

Tree of Life Version

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven!

Cross References

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him not having my righteousness derived from Torah, but one that is through trusting in Messiah—the righteousness from God based on trust.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Matthew 7:21

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

Revelation 21:27

And nothing unholy shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Book of Life.

Luke 18:17

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

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered, so many that they were trampling one another, Yeshua began speaking first to His disciples, “Be on guard yourselves against the hametz of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, for you are like unmarked tombs, and people walk over them without knowing.”

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

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

Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes one such child in My name, welcomes Me.

Matthew 3:10

Already the axe is laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire!

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He wasn’t talking about the hametz in the bread, but about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if there is glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness overflows even more in glory.