For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of Heaven.

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But I say to you that whoever puts away his wife for any reason except sexual perversion causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who abuse you and persecute you,

And when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority do You do these things? And who gave You this authority?

The immersion of John; where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

So they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in Heaven and on earth.

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

And it shall be that whoever will not give heed to My Words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.

because in the word of a king is power; and who may say to him, What are you doing?

The Lord Jehovah has given Me the tongue of the learned, to know how to speak a word in season to the weary. He wakens morning by morning, He wakens the ear to hear as the learned.

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says Jehovah.

Is not My Word like a fire? says Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

But by the Spirit of Jehovah I am full of power and justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.

For Moses truly said to the fathers, The Lord your God will raise up to you a Prophet like me from among your brethren. You shall hear Him in all things, whatever He says to you.

And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

For the Word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And there is no creature that is not revealed in His presence, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give answer.

Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by reason of your tradition?

But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother, Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God;

Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

And in vain they revere Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

They love the chief places at feasts, the chief seats in the synagogues,

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice more a son of Gehenna than yourselves.

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. It is necessary to do these, and not to leave the others undone.

So the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

And in vain they revere Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

And He said to them, Full well you set aside the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban (that is, a gift),

making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.

And Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief places at feasts,

who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.