Matthew 5:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. ”

Matthew 5:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Your righteousness - Your holiness; your views of the nature of righteousness, and your conduct and lives. Unless you are more holy than they are, you cannot be saved. Shall exceed - Shall ex...
Matthew 5:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:17 to Matthew 6:18 . Righteousness, Legal and Real. After laying down the principle that the Law is not destroyed or annulled, but developed and transcended ( Matthew 5:17-20 ), Jesus...
Matthew 5:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the righteousness. Supply "[that]". Pharisees. See App-120. in no case. See App-105.
Matthew 5:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 . Unless your righteousness shall be more abundant. He takes a passing notice of the Scribes, who were laboring to throw a stain on the doctrine of the Gospel, as if it were...
Matthew 5:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1299 EVANGELIC AND PHARISAIC RIGHTEOUSNESS COMPARED Matthew 5:20 . For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye s...
Matthew 5:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Except your righteousness shall...
Matthew 5:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Think not that I am come to destroy, &c.— Because the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning happiness was contrary to that which the Jews were accustomed to hear, and which their preache...
Matthew 5:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That...
Matthew 5:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount John 5:1 to John 7:29 . The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20 . This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke ( Luke 6:20 ), that it is best to regard t...
Matthew 5:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall exceed. — Better, Shall abound more than. Scribes and Pharisees. — Here, for the first time, the scribes are mentioned in our Lord’s teaching. The frequent combination of the two words (...
Matthew 5:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 5:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Heart Righteousness Matthew 5:17-26 Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the perfect picture, t...
Matthew 5:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggesti...
Matthew 5:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No doubt the Reader would wish to have a clear apprehension of the words Raca and Fool. The most acceptable service on these verses I can offer, will be to explain them. Raca, was a word used by the...
Matthew 5:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FAILURE OF THE PHARISEES ‘For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.’...
Matthew 5:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I say unto you ,.... These words are directed, not to the true disciples of Christ in general, or to his apostles in particular, but to the whole multitude of the people; who had in great esteem...
Matthew 5:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 20. Except your righte...
Matthew 5:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For, except your righteousness shall exceed Gr. περισσευση, shall abound more than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees Than that which is apparent in their lives, or even required in...
Matthew 5:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him w...
Matthew 5:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil....
Matthew 5:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am so far from giving a liberty to the violation of my Father's law, (as the scribes and Pharisees may possibly suggest), that I assure you that unless your obedience to it exceed that obedience wh...
Matthew 5:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Permanence of the Law And The Warning To Observe It Truly So As To Experience A Fuller Righteousness (5:17-20). Having spoken to His disciples of a life which acts as a preservative in the wor...
Matthew 5:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and...
Matthew 5:20 - Scofield Reference Notes

righteousness ( Matthew 5:6 ); ( Matthew 5:10 ); ( Matthew 5:20 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 10:10 ).
Matthew 5:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:20 It is of the greatest possible importance that we understand, as accurately as we can, what is the nature of that righteousness which God accepts from us. For heaven is only for the r...
Matthew 5:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1-2 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,- Our Saviour soon gather...
Matthew 5:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upo...
Matthew 5:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Your righteousness shall exceed. An exceeding righteousness I. What is the nature of the righteousness God accepts from us? It is a righteousness in excess of the most scrupulous moralist. 1....
Matthew 5:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes ; i.e. those spoken of in Matthew 4:25 —the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. He went up . From the lower groun...
Matthew 5:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How strongly this feature is brought out by the contrast: For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter in...
Matthew 5:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:17 ; Hebrews 12:14 ; John 3:3-5 ; Luke 11:39 ; Luke 11:40 ; Luke 11:44 ; Luke 12:1 ; Luke 16:14 ; Luke 16:15 ; Luke 18:10-14 ; Luke 18:17 ; Luke 18:24 ; Luke 18:25 ; Luk...
Matthew 5:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great...
Matthew 5:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees — Described in the sequel of this discourse.

Matthew 5:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 5:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes