Mat 5:20 | HCSB | STEP | For I tell you , unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees , you will never enter the kingdom of heaven .

Matthew 5:20

20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the ^{▼▼scribe(s): A professional group in Judaism that copied the law of Moses and interpreted it, especially in legal cases}scribes and ^{▼▼Pharisee(s): In Judaism a religious sect that followed the whole written and oral law}Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.