Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Perushim and Tzedukim.
Matthew 5:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Perushim, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. American Standard Version (1901) For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Common English Bible I say to you that unless your righteousness is greater than the righteousness of the legal experts and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. |
Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Perushim and Tzedukim.
*Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.*
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.*
Woe to you, scribes and Perushim, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it.*
Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his talmidim first of all, *Beware of the yeast of the Perushim, which is hypocrisy.
Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.*
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Messiah, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
Follow after shalom with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.