The Matter of the Heart
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20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.
21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
8 He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.