Matthäus 5:20
Denn ich sage euch: Wenn eure Gerechtigkeit die der Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer nicht weit übertrifft, so werdet ihr gar nicht in das Himmelreich eingehen!This verse in the real world
In what words
- περισσεύωperisseúōto superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively)
- πλείωνpleíōnmore in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
- ἐὰν μήeàn mḗif not, i.e. unless
- γραμματεύςgrammateús
- δικαιοσύνηdikaiosýnēequity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
- οὐ μήou mḗa double negative strengthening the denial; not at all
- ΦαρισαῖοςPharisaîosa separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
- βασιλείαbasileíaproperly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figurativ
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 10:2–3, Php 3:9, Rom 9:30–32, Luk 16:14–15, Mat 23:2–5, Jhn 3:3–5, Mat 23:23–28, 2Co 5:17