Matthew 5:20

Weymouth NT

For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Cross References

Matthew 16:12

Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me.

Matthew 3:10

And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:21

»Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.«

Mark 10:15

In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it.«

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.«

Luke 11:44

Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence.«

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, »Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

Luke 18:17

I tell you in solemn truth that, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it.«

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:17

So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.

Philippians 3:9

not having a righteousness of my own, derived from the Law, but that which arises from faith in Christ–the righteousness which comes from God through faith.

Hebrews 12:14

but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.

Revelation 21:27

And no unclean thing shall ever enter it, nor any one who is guilty of base conduct or tells lies, but only they whose names stand recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life.