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Outward righteousness, righteousness that compares one against another, righteousness such as that of the scribes and Pharisees could not enter the kingdom of heaven then, and it cannot enter now. Yet beware overcorrecting; beware of caring nothing for the Law. “Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees,” Jesus says. He does not say, “Unless your righteousness comes in below that of the scribes and Pharisees.” Such is the danger when, he

“Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there...

Everyone desires to be righteous. Even those living in blatant sin seek to justify themselves, often with excuses or by comparing...