Matthew 5:20
5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law
and the Pharisees,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 23:25
23:25 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mark 10:20-21
10:20 The man
said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed
all these laws
since my youth.”
10:21 As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money
to the poor, and you will have treasure
in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Luke 1:6
1:6 They
were both righteous in the sight of God, following
all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
Acts 26:5
26:5 They know,
because they have known
me from time past,
if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party
of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
Romans 7:9
7:9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
Romans 9:31-32
9:31 but Israel even though pursuing
a law of righteousness
did not attain it.
9:32 Why not? Because they pursued
it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works.
They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 10:2-5
10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God,
but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
10:3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
10:5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”