Matthew 5:20

5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees, ²  you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:1

The Beatitudes

5:1 When ³  he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. ⁴  After he sat down his disciples came to him.

Matthew 2:20

2:20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

[5:20]  ¹ tn Or “that of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[5:20]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[5:1]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[5:1]  ⁴ tn Or “up a mountain” (εἰς τὸ ὄρος, eis to oro").