EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCCED THESE PEOPLE 

Matthew 5:20 NLT “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven! Jesus is talking about two people that he warned the people of Israel to beware of. The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees. The teacher of the law here are called the scribes. The Pharisees saw themselves as a separate group of people. They were above the common people and saw that they kept to the religious laws. Scribes could interpret and regulate Jewish laws, but they did not interfere with or assume any role in the guidance of the people. The both of them translate into Pharisees (Pride, better than others, they want to be politically special & classy). Scribes (Twister of God's law, interpreting it into emotions, culture, life style and way of living that suits them). I HAVE A FEELING THAT BOTH, DUE TO THEIR FINANCIAL, SOCIETAL AND KNOWLEGDE INFLUENCE, DICTATE HOW A PRIEST SHOULD RUN THE TEMPLE & PEOPLE.