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NASB					Matt 5:20 ¶ "For I say³⁰⁰⁴ to you that unless¹⁴³⁷^,³³⁶¹ your ^Arighteousness¹³⁴³ surpasses⁴⁰⁵² that of the scribes¹¹²² and Pharisees⁵³³⁰, you will not enter¹⁵²⁵ the kingdom⁹³² of heaven³⁷⁷².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 5:20 ¶ "For I say to you that unless your righteousness (uprightness, moral essence) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Luke 18:11 "The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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932

basileia; from 936; kingdom, sovereignty, royal power:--kingdom(159), kingdoms(3), reigns*(1).

1122

grammateus; from 1121; a writer, scribe:--scribe(4), scribes(59), town clerk(1).

1343

dikaiosunê; from 1342; righteousness, justice:--right(1), righteousness(90).

1437

ean; contr. from 1487 and 302; if (a conditional particle used like 1487, but usually with the Gr. subjunctive mood):--case(1), everyone(1), except*(1), if(222), if*(2), or*(1), though(2), unless*(34), whatever*(22), when(2), whenever*(2), wherever*(8), whether*(1), whoever*(17), whomever*(2).

1525

eiserchomai; from 1519 and 2064; to go in (to), enter:--came(10), come(15), comes(3), coming(1), enter(66), entered(63), entering(6), enters(7), go(8), go*(1), gone(1), reached(1), started(1), went(8).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3361

mê; a prim. particle; not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation):--all*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(6), case(1), certainly*(1), devoid*(1), ever*(3), except(2), fear*(2), inevitable*(1), keep(2), kept(1), lacks*(1), make(1), never(17), never*(16), no(67), no one(1), no*(11), none(2), none*(2), nothing(2), nothing*(3), only*(11), or(4), otherwise*(3), refrain(1), so(2), so that no(1), so*(12), stop(8), surely(4), than*(2), unable*(4), unless*(38), until*(1), without(6), without*(4).

3772

ouranos; a prim. word; heaven:--air(9), heaven(218), heavenly*(1), heavens(24), sky(22).

4052

perisseuô; from 4053; to be over and above, to abound:--abound(10), abounded(1), abounding(1), abundance(2), abundant(1), better(1), cause(1), cause*(1), excel(2), has an abundance(1), have an abundance(3), have more than enough(1), having abundance(1), increasing(1), lavished(1), left over(4), leftover(1), live in prosperity(1), make...abound(1), overflowed(1), overflowing(2), surpasses(1), surplus(2).

5330

Pharisaios; of Heb. or., cf. [6567a]; a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect:--Pharisaic(1), Pharisee(10), Pharisee's(2), Pharisees(86).

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