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Parallel Verses
  • Amplified Bible - “For I say to you that unless your righteousness (uprightness, moral essence) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • 新标点和合本 - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义,断不能进天国。”
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过文士和法利赛人的义,绝不能进天国。”
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过文士和法利赛人的义,绝不能进天国。”
  • 当代译本 - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过律法教师和法利赛人的义,你们绝不能进天国。
  • 圣经新译本 - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过经学家和法利赛人的义,就必不能进天国。
  • 中文标准译本 - 我告诉你们:你们的义如果不胜过经文士们和法利赛人的义,就绝不能进入天国。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 我告诉你们:你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义,断不能进天国。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 我告诉你们:你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义,断不能进天国。”
  • New International Version - For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • New International Reader's Version - Here is what I tell you. You must be more godly than the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. If you are not, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • English Standard Version - For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • New Living Translation - “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
  • Christian Standard Bible - For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.
  • New American Standard Bible - “For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • New King James Version - For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • American Standard Version - 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.
  • 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.
  • New English Translation - For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • World English Bible - For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • 新標點和合本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝於文士和法利賽人的義,斷不能進天國。」
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過文士和法利賽人的義,絕不能進天國。」
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過文士和法利賽人的義,絕不能進天國。」
  • 當代譯本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過律法教師和法利賽人的義,你們絕不能進天國。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過經學家和法利賽人的義,就必不能進天國。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過經學士和法利賽人的 義 ,你們必定不能進天國。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 我告訴你們:你們的義如果不勝過經文士們和法利賽人的義,就絕不能進入天國。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 我告訴你們:你們的義若不勝於文士和法利賽人的義,斷不能進天國。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 我語汝、儻爾之義、無以尚乎士子法利賽人之義、斷不進於天國也、○
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 我語汝、倘爾之義、無以加乎士子𠵽唎㘔人之義、斷不進於天國也、○
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我告爾、爾之義若非勝於經士及法利賽人之義、斷不能入天國、○
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋吾語爾、苟爾之仁義、無以尚乎經生與 法利塞 人者、爾必不得進天國也。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque les digo a ustedes que no van a entrar en el reino de los cielos a menos que su justicia supere a la de los fariseos y de los maestros de la ley.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 내가 너희에게 말해 두지만 너희 생활이 율법학자들과 바리새파 사람들보다 의롭지 못하면 너희가 절대로 하늘 나라에 들어가지 못할 것이다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдет праведности фарисеев и учителей Закона, вы не войдете в Небесное Царство. ( Лк. 12:58-59 )
  • Восточный перевод - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдёт праведности блюстителей Закона и учителей Таурата, вы не войдёте в Царство Всевышнего.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдёт праведности блюстителей Закона и учителей Таурата, вы не войдёте в Царство Аллаха.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдёт праведности блюстителей Закона и учителей Таврота, вы не войдёте в Царство Всевышнего.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je vous le dis : si vous ne vivez pas selon la justice mieux que les spécialistes de la Loi et les pharisiens, vous n’entrerez pas dans le royaume des cieux.
  • リビングバイブル - よく聞きなさい。パリサイ人や、ユダヤ人の指導者たちは、神のおきてを守っているのは自分たちだと言いはります。だが、彼ら以上に正しくなければ天国には入れません。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τῶν Οὐρανῶν.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Pois eu digo que, se a justiça de vocês não for muito superior à dos fariseus e mestres da lei, de modo nenhum entrarão no Reino dos céus.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Ich warne euch: Wenn ihr den Willen Gottes nicht besser erfüllt als die Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer, kommt ihr ganz sicher nicht in Gottes himmlisches Reich.« ( Lukas 12,57‒59 )
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ta cảnh báo các con—nếu đức hạnh các con không khá hơn các thầy dạy luật và Pha-ri-si, các con sẽ không được vào Nước Trời.”
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเราบอกท่านว่าหากความชอบธรรมของท่านไม่มากกว่าของพวกฟาริสีและเหล่าธรรมาจารย์แล้วท่านจะไม่ได้เข้าอาณาจักรสวรรค์อย่างแน่นอน ( ลก.12:58 , 59 )
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เรา​ขอบอก​ท่าน​ว่า ถ้า​การ​กระทำ​ของ​ท่าน​ที่​เป็น​ไป​ตาม​ความ​ชอบธรรม​ไม่​เหนือ​ไป​กว่า​ของ​พวก​อาจารย์​ฝ่าย​กฎ​บัญญัติ​และ​ฟาริสี​แล้ว ท่าน​จะ​ไม่​มี​วัน​เข้า​สู่​อาณาจักร​แห่ง​สวรรค์​ได้
Cross Reference
  • Matthew 18:5 - Whoever receives and welcomes one child like this in My name receives Me;
  • Luke 11:39 - But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate [as required by tradition]; but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
  • Luke 11:40 - You foolish ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
  • Luke 12:1 - In the meantime, after so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were stepping on one another, Jesus began speaking first of all to His disciples, “Be continually on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees [that is, their pervasive, corrupting influence and teaching], which is hypocrisy [producing self-righteousness].
  • Mark 10:25 - It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”
  • Luke 20:46 - “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes [displaying their prominence], and love respectful greetings in the [crowded] market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
  • Luke 20:47 - These [men] who confiscate and devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense [to appear devout] offer long prayers. These [men] will receive the greater [sentence of] condemnation.”
  • Mark 10:15 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever does not receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
  • Luke 11:44 - Woe to you! For you are like graves which are unmarked, and people walk over them without being aware of it [and are ceremonially unclean].”
  • Luke 18:10 - “Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
  • Luke 18:11 - The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
  • Luke 18:12 - I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
  • Luke 18:13 - But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest [in humility and repentance], saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the [especially wicked] sinner [that I am]!’
  • Luke 18:14 - I tell you, this man went to his home justified [forgiven of the guilt of sin and placed in right standing with God] rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself [forsaking self-righteous pride] will be exalted.”
  • Luke 18:24 - Jesus looked at him and said, “How difficult it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 18:25 - For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”
  • Matthew 7:21 - “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
  • Matthew 23:23 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
  • Matthew 23:24 - You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!
  • Matthew 23:25 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed).
  • Matthew 23:26 - You [spiritually] blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate [examine and change your inner self to conform to God’s precepts], so that the outside [your public life and deeds] may be clean also.
  • Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
  • Matthew 23:28 - So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Matthew 3:10 - And already the axe [of God’s judgment] is swinging toward the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
  • Revelation 21:27 - and nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
  • Luke 18:17 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God [with faith and humility] like a child will not enter it at all.”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].
  • Hebrews 12:14 - Continually pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will [ever] see the Lord.
  • Matthew 23:2 - saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];
  • Matthew 23:3 - so practice and observe everything they tell you, but do not do as they do; for they preach [things], but do not practice them.
  • Matthew 23:4 - The scribes and Pharisees tie up heavy loads [that are hard to bear] and place them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger [to make them lighter].
  • Matthew 23:5 - They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (tefillin) wide [to make them more conspicuous] and make their tassels long.
  • Luke 16:14 - Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.
  • Luke 16:15 - So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
  • John 3:3 - Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”
  • John 3:4 - Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”
  • John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
  • Philippians 3:9 - and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.
  • Romans 9:30 - What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness [who did not seek salvation and a right relationship with God, nevertheless] obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness which is produced by faith;
  • Romans 9:31 - whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.
  • Romans 9:32 - And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
  • Romans 10:2 - For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
  • Romans 10:3 - For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • Amplified Bible - “For I say to you that unless your righteousness (uprightness, moral essence) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • 新标点和合本 - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义,断不能进天国。”
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过文士和法利赛人的义,绝不能进天国。”
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过文士和法利赛人的义,绝不能进天国。”
  • 当代译本 - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过律法教师和法利赛人的义,你们绝不能进天国。
  • 圣经新译本 - 我告诉你们,你们的义若不胜过经学家和法利赛人的义,就必不能进天国。
  • 中文标准译本 - 我告诉你们:你们的义如果不胜过经文士们和法利赛人的义,就绝不能进入天国。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 我告诉你们:你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义,断不能进天国。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 我告诉你们:你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义,断不能进天国。”
  • New International Version - For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • New International Reader's Version - Here is what I tell you. You must be more godly than the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. If you are not, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • English Standard Version - For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • New Living Translation - “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
  • Christian Standard Bible - For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.
  • New American Standard Bible - “For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • New King James Version - For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • American Standard Version - 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.
  • 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.
  • New English Translation - For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • World English Bible - For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • 新標點和合本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝於文士和法利賽人的義,斷不能進天國。」
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過文士和法利賽人的義,絕不能進天國。」
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過文士和法利賽人的義,絕不能進天國。」
  • 當代譯本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過律法教師和法利賽人的義,你們絕不能進天國。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過經學家和法利賽人的義,就必不能進天國。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 我告訴你們,你們的義若不勝過經學士和法利賽人的 義 ,你們必定不能進天國。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 我告訴你們:你們的義如果不勝過經文士們和法利賽人的義,就絕不能進入天國。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 我告訴你們:你們的義若不勝於文士和法利賽人的義,斷不能進天國。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 我語汝、儻爾之義、無以尚乎士子法利賽人之義、斷不進於天國也、○
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 我語汝、倘爾之義、無以加乎士子𠵽唎㘔人之義、斷不進於天國也、○
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我告爾、爾之義若非勝於經士及法利賽人之義、斷不能入天國、○
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋吾語爾、苟爾之仁義、無以尚乎經生與 法利塞 人者、爾必不得進天國也。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque les digo a ustedes que no van a entrar en el reino de los cielos a menos que su justicia supere a la de los fariseos y de los maestros de la ley.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 내가 너희에게 말해 두지만 너희 생활이 율법학자들과 바리새파 사람들보다 의롭지 못하면 너희가 절대로 하늘 나라에 들어가지 못할 것이다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдет праведности фарисеев и учителей Закона, вы не войдете в Небесное Царство. ( Лк. 12:58-59 )
  • Восточный перевод - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдёт праведности блюстителей Закона и учителей Таурата, вы не войдёте в Царство Всевышнего.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдёт праведности блюстителей Закона и учителей Таурата, вы не войдёте в Царство Аллаха.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Говорю вам, что если ваша праведность не превзойдёт праведности блюстителей Закона и учителей Таврота, вы не войдёте в Царство Всевышнего.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je vous le dis : si vous ne vivez pas selon la justice mieux que les spécialistes de la Loi et les pharisiens, vous n’entrerez pas dans le royaume des cieux.
  • リビングバイブル - よく聞きなさい。パリサイ人や、ユダヤ人の指導者たちは、神のおきてを守っているのは自分たちだと言いはります。だが、彼ら以上に正しくなければ天国には入れません。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν Βασιλείαν τῶν Οὐρανῶν.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Pois eu digo que, se a justiça de vocês não for muito superior à dos fariseus e mestres da lei, de modo nenhum entrarão no Reino dos céus.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Ich warne euch: Wenn ihr den Willen Gottes nicht besser erfüllt als die Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer, kommt ihr ganz sicher nicht in Gottes himmlisches Reich.« ( Lukas 12,57‒59 )
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ta cảnh báo các con—nếu đức hạnh các con không khá hơn các thầy dạy luật và Pha-ri-si, các con sẽ không được vào Nước Trời.”
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเราบอกท่านว่าหากความชอบธรรมของท่านไม่มากกว่าของพวกฟาริสีและเหล่าธรรมาจารย์แล้วท่านจะไม่ได้เข้าอาณาจักรสวรรค์อย่างแน่นอน ( ลก.12:58 , 59 )
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เรา​ขอบอก​ท่าน​ว่า ถ้า​การ​กระทำ​ของ​ท่าน​ที่​เป็น​ไป​ตาม​ความ​ชอบธรรม​ไม่​เหนือ​ไป​กว่า​ของ​พวก​อาจารย์​ฝ่าย​กฎ​บัญญัติ​และ​ฟาริสี​แล้ว ท่าน​จะ​ไม่​มี​วัน​เข้า​สู่​อาณาจักร​แห่ง​สวรรค์​ได้
  • Matthew 18:5 - Whoever receives and welcomes one child like this in My name receives Me;
  • Luke 11:39 - But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate [as required by tradition]; but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
  • Luke 11:40 - You foolish ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
  • Luke 12:1 - In the meantime, after so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were stepping on one another, Jesus began speaking first of all to His disciples, “Be continually on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees [that is, their pervasive, corrupting influence and teaching], which is hypocrisy [producing self-righteousness].
  • Mark 10:25 - It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”
  • Luke 20:46 - “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes [displaying their prominence], and love respectful greetings in the [crowded] market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
  • Luke 20:47 - These [men] who confiscate and devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense [to appear devout] offer long prayers. These [men] will receive the greater [sentence of] condemnation.”
  • Mark 10:15 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever does not receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
  • Luke 11:44 - Woe to you! For you are like graves which are unmarked, and people walk over them without being aware of it [and are ceremonially unclean].”
  • Luke 18:10 - “Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
  • Luke 18:11 - The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
  • Luke 18:12 - I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
  • Luke 18:13 - But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest [in humility and repentance], saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the [especially wicked] sinner [that I am]!’
  • Luke 18:14 - I tell you, this man went to his home justified [forgiven of the guilt of sin and placed in right standing with God] rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself [forsaking self-righteous pride] will be exalted.”
  • Luke 18:24 - Jesus looked at him and said, “How difficult it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 18:25 - For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”
  • Matthew 7:21 - “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
  • Matthew 23:23 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
  • Matthew 23:24 - You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!
  • Matthew 23:25 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed).
  • Matthew 23:26 - You [spiritually] blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate [examine and change your inner self to conform to God’s precepts], so that the outside [your public life and deeds] may be clean also.
  • Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
  • Matthew 23:28 - So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Matthew 3:10 - And already the axe [of God’s judgment] is swinging toward the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
  • Revelation 21:27 - and nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
  • Luke 18:17 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God [with faith and humility] like a child will not enter it at all.”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].
  • Hebrews 12:14 - Continually pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will [ever] see the Lord.
  • Matthew 23:2 - saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];
  • Matthew 23:3 - so practice and observe everything they tell you, but do not do as they do; for they preach [things], but do not practice them.
  • Matthew 23:4 - The scribes and Pharisees tie up heavy loads [that are hard to bear] and place them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger [to make them lighter].
  • Matthew 23:5 - They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (tefillin) wide [to make them more conspicuous] and make their tassels long.
  • Luke 16:14 - Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.
  • Luke 16:15 - So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
  • John 3:3 - Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”
  • John 3:4 - Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”
  • John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
  • Philippians 3:9 - and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.
  • Romans 9:30 - What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness [who did not seek salvation and a right relationship with God, nevertheless] obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness which is produced by faith;
  • Romans 9:31 - whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.
  • Romans 9:32 - And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
  • Romans 10:2 - For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
  • Romans 10:3 - For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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