Matthew 5:20
King James Version
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.
In the previous post, JESUS described the scribes and Pharisees.
What more does the LORD want us to know about them?
What other traits did they have that was not acceptable to the LORD?
Let's find out from Scripture:
Matthew 23:13
King James Version
13 But woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men:
for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew 23:14
King James Version
14 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour widows' houses,
and for a pretence make long prayer:
therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew 23:15
King James Version
15 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte,
and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew 23:16
King James Version
16 Woe unto you,
ye blind guides, which say,
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing;
but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple,
he is a debtor!
Matthew 23:23-24
King James Version
23 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.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat,
and swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:25-26
King James Version
25 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter,
but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee,
cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter,
that the outside of them may be clean also.
Matthew 23:27-28
King James Version
27 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres,
which indeed appear beautiful outward,
but are within full of dead men's bones,
and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men,
but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Matthew 23:29-32
King James Version
29 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
because ye build the tombs of the prophets,
and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers,
we would not have been partakers with them
in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,
that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
What did "Woe unto you" mean?
What were the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees facing?
Matthew 23:33
King James Version
33 Ye serpents,
ye generation of vipers,
how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
You think JESUS is done?
He still has much more to say about scribes and Pharisees.
Head over to the next post.
