What is the difference between a true disciple's righteousness and the type of righteousness Jesus ascribes to the Pharisees and the teachers of the law in Matthew 5:20?
What is it about the righteousness of the Pharisees and teachers of the law that Jesus referring to here? Is it different from the righteousness of a true disciple of Christ?
Matthew 5:20
AMP - 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Asked July 27 2017
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myranda hiebert
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