The Audience of 1

Taylor. Many Europeans lived in luxury in Shanghai, and Taylor thought some missionaries were “worldly.”

Roger Steer

Matthew 6:1 (ESV)

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

English Standard Version Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees

Jesus here is saying something very bold and

English Standard Version Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees

Jesus here is saying something very bold and - He is being intentionally sarcastic there toward the fake pharisees - He says that if you aren’t as good or better than these- then you have zero hope of entering God’s Eternal Kingdom

English Standard Version (Matthew 5:20)

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees

Jesus here is saying something very bold and