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.

¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

15 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

¹² Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

² Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

⁴³ Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

⁴ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;