Matthew 5:20 Cross References

Matthew 5:20

20: "But I warn you--unless you obey God better than the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees do, you can't enter the Kingdom of Heaven at all!

Romans 10:2

  1. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.
  2. For they don't understand God's way of making people right with himself. Instead, they are clinging to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. They won't go along with God's way.

Philippians 3:9

  1. and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

Romans 9:30

  1. Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this: The Gentiles have been made right with God by faith, even though they were not seeking him.
  2. But the Jews, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded.
  3. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

Hebrews 12:14

  1. Try to live in peace with everyone, and seek to live a clean and holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.

Matthew 23:2

  1. "The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the Scriptures.
  2. So practice and obey whatever they say to you, but don't follow their example. For they don't practice what they teach.
  3. They crush you with impossible religious demands and never lift a finger to help ease the burden.
  4. "Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear extra long tassels on their robes.

John 3:3

  1. Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God."
  2. "What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"
  3. Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

Luke 16:14

  1. The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, naturally scoffed at all this.
  2. Then he said to them, "You like to look good in public, but God knows your evil hearts. What this world honors is an abomination in the sight of God.

Matthew 23:23

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you ignore the important things of the law--justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things.
  2. Blind guides! You strain your water so you won't accidentally swallow a gnat; then you swallow a camel!
  3. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy--full of greed and self-indulgence!
  4. Blind Pharisees! First wash the inside of the cup, and then the outside will become clean, too.
  5. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs--beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity.

Matthew 7:21

  1. "Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as 'Lord,' but they still won't enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven.

Luke 18:17

  1. I assure you, anyone who doesn't have their kind of faith will never get into the Kingdom of God."

Revelation 21:27

  1. Nothing evil will be allowed to enter--no one who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty--but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

Luke 18:24

  1. Jesus watched him go and then said to his disciples, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the Kingdom of God!
  2. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"

Matthew 3:10

  1. Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

2 Corinthians 5:17

  1. What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

Mark 10:15

  1. I assure you, anyone who doesn't have their kind of faith will never get into the Kingdom of God."

Luke 18:10

  1. "Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a dishonest tax collector.
  2. The proud Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: 'I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else, especially like that tax collector over there! For I never cheat, I don't sin, I don't commit adultery,
  3. I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.'
  4. "But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, 'O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.'
  5. I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For the proud will be humbled, but the humble will be honored."

Matthew 18:5

  1. And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.

Luke 11:44

  1. Yes, how terrible it will be for you. For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on."

Luke 12:1

  1. Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and crushing each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees--beware of their hypocrisy.

Luke 11:39

  1. Then the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are still filthy--full of greed and wickedness!
  2. Fools! Didn't God make the inside as well as the outside?

Mark 10:25

  1. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"

Luke 20:46

  1. "Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they love to parade in flowing robes and to have everyone bow to them as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and at banquets.
  2. But they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property, and then, to cover up the kind of people they really are, they make long prayers in public. Because of this, their punishment will be the greater."
Home