What does the bible verse Matthew 5:20 mean?

Matthew 5:20. For I say unto you. These words are directed, not to the true disciples of Christ in general, or to his apostles in particular, but to the whole multitude of the ... themselves with the lesser ones; and as they were deficient in their practice, so they were very lax in their doctrines, as appears from the foregoing verse. read more

" Pharisees were religious teachers at the time. They taught Moses' laws to the people of Israel. They were pretty much as nowadays rabbis. The problem with them was that they were often hypocrites. I think that probably not everyone of them was such, but most of them were. read more

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Bible > Commentaries > Matthew 5: 20 Matthew 5: 20 For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. read more