Mat 5:20, 18:3, 21:31, Joh 3:3, 5, Act 14:22 | ESV | STEP | For I tell you , unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees , you will never enter the kingdom of heaven .

q John 15:20; 16:33; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:12; [ch. 9:16; Mark 10:30; Luke 22:28, 29; Rom. 8:17; Phil. 1:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12; 1 Pet. 5:10; Rev. 1:9]

Matthew 5:20

20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds ^athat of the scribes and Pharisees, you ^bwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3

3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you ^cturn and ^dbecome like children, you ^ewill never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 21:31

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^fthe tax collectors and ^gthe prostitutes go into ^hthe kingdom of God before you.

John 3:3

3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ⁱborn ^jagain ^{▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7} he cannot ^lsee the kingdom of God.”

John 3:5

5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^mof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 14:22

22 ⁿstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^oto continue in ^pthe faith, and saying that ^qthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.