Matthew 5:20

And I say to you, that but your rightwiseness be more plenteous than (that) of scribes and of Pharisees (or that unless your righteousness be more plentiful than that of the scribes and of the Pharisees), ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heavens.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19Therefore he that breaketh one of these least commandments, and teacheth thus men, shall be called the least in the realm of heavens (or shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven); but he that doeth (them), and teacheth (them), shall be called great in the kingdom of heavens.

21Ye have heard that it was said to old men, Thou shalt not slay; and he that slayeth, shall be guilty to the doom. (Ye have heard that it was said to men of old, Thou shalt not kill; and he who killeth, shall be brought to judgement, or Thou shalt not murder; and he who murdereth, shall be brought to the court.)

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not every man that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in heavens, he shall enter into the kingdom of heavens.

Matthew 23:2and said, On the chair of Moses, scribes and Pharisees have sat.

Mark 10:15Truly I say to you (or I tell you the truth), whoever receiveth not the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter into it.

Luke 11:39And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse that that is withoutforth of the cup and the platter; but that thing that is within of you [or but that thing of you that is within], is full of raven and wickedness.

Luke 12:1And when much people stood about, so that they trod each on (the) other [or so that they trod (upon) each other], he began to say to his disciples, Be ye ware of the sourdough of the Pharisees, that is hypocrisy, (or Beware of the yeast, or the leaven, of the Pharisees, which is their hypocrisy).

Luke 18:10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican (or and the other one a tax-collector).

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:18-21

The Sermon on the Mount. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For… Read the whole commentary →

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