Mat 5:20
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.
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For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. {again: or, from above}
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier {matters} of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. {anise: Gr. dill}
Therefore if any man {be} in Christ, {he is} a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {he is: or, let him be}
Follow peace with all {men}, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither {whatsoever} worketh abomination, or {maketh} a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over {them} are not aware {of them}.
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more {than others}? do not even the publicans so?
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. {on: or, to}
Then understood they how that he bade {them} not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and {of} the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast {him} into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
What {doth it} profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
For he taught them as {one} having authority, and not as the scribes.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?