Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 5:20
Matthew 5:20 contradicts following 13 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Matthew 5:20 for quick understanding.
Matthew 5:20: 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.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Psalms 132:9 | Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. |
| 2. | Matthew 23:27 | Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness. |
| 3. | Luke 15:1 | Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. |
| 4. | Luke 15:7 | I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. |
| 5. | John 17:24 | Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. |
| 6. | Romans 1:17 | For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. |
| 7. | Romans 3:9 | What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; [proved: Gr. charged] |
| 8. | Romans 3:21 | But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; |
| 9. | Romans 3:28 | Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. |
| 10. | Romans 4:16 | Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, |
| 11. | Romans 6:19 | I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. |
| 12. | Galatians 2:16 | Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. |
| 13. | Philippians 3:9 | And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: |
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