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Mt 5:19 Strong Concordance Whosoever [3739] [1437] therefore [3767] shall break [3089] one [3391] of these [5130] least [1646] commandments [1785], and [2532] shall teach [1321] men [444] so [3779], he shall be called [2564] the least [1646] in [1722] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772]: but [1161] whosoever [3739] [302] shall do [4160] and [2532] teach [1321] them, the same [3778] shall be called [2564] great [3173] in [1722] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772].
  King James Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Whosoever therefore shall break--rather, "dissolve," "annul," or make "invalid."

one of these least commandments--an expression equivalent to "one of the least of these commandments."

and shall teach men so--referring to the Pharisees and their teaching, as is plain from Mat 5:20, but of course embracing all similar schools and teaching in the Christian Church.

he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven--As the thing spoken of is not the practical breaking, or disobeying, of the law, but annulling or enervating its obligation by a vicious system of interpretation, and teaching others to do the same; so the thing threatened is not exclusion from heaven, and still less the lowest place in it, but a degraded and contemptuous position in the present stage of the kingdom of God. In other words, they shall be reduced by the retributive providence that overtakes them, to the same condition of dishonor to which, by their system and their teaching, they have brought down those eternal principles of God's law.

but whosoever shall do and teach them--whose principles and teaching go to exalt the authority and honor of God's law, in its lowest as well as highest requirements.

the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven--shall, by that providence which watches over the honor of God's moral administration, be raised to the same position of authority and honor to which they exalt the law.
 
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20 For [1063] I say [3004] unto you [5213], That [3754] except [3362] your [5216] righteousness [1343] shall exceed [4052] [4119] the righteousness of the scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], ye shall in no case [3364] enter [1525] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772].
6 Then shall I not be ashamed [0954], when I have respect [05027] unto all thy commandments [04687].
10 For [1063] whosoever [3748] shall keep [5083] the whole [3650] law [3551], and yet [1161] offend [4417] in [1722] one [1520] point, he is [1096] guilty [1777] of all [3956].
3 But [1161] he answered [611] and said [2036] unto them [846], Why [1302] do ye [5210] also [2532] transgress [3845] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862]?
4 For [1063] God [2316] commanded [1781], saying [3004], Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384]: and [2532], He that curseth [2551] father [3962] or [2228] mother [3384], let him die [5053] the death [2288].
5 But [1161] ye [5210] say [3004], Whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036] to his father [3962] or [2228] his mother [3384], It is a gift [1435], by [1537] whatsoever [3739] [1437] thou mightest be profited [5623] by me [1700];
6 And [2532] honour [5091] not [3364] his [846] father [3962] or [2228] his [846] mother [3384], he shall be free. Thus [2532] have ye made [208] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] of none effect [208] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862].
23 Woe [3759] unto you [5213], scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], hypocrites [5273]! for [3754] ye pay tithe [586] of mint [2238] and [2532] anise [432] and [2532] cummin [2951], and [2532] have omitted [863] the weightier [926] matters of the law [3551], judgment [2920], [2532] mercy [1656], and [2532] faith [4102]: these [5023] ought ye [1163] to have done [4160], and not [3361] to leave [863] the other [2548] undone [863].
2 And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].
9 Blessed [3107] are the peacemakers [1518]: for [3754] they [846] shall be called [2564] the children [5207] of God [2316].
23 Woe [3759] unto you [5213], scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], hypocrites [5273]! for [3754] ye pay tithe [586] of mint [2238] and [2532] anise [432] and [2532] cummin [2951], and [2532] have omitted [863] the weightier [926] matters of the law [3551], judgment [2920], [2532] mercy [1656], and [2532] faith [4102]: these [5023] ought ye [1163] to have done [4160], and not [3361] to leave [863] the other [2548] undone [863].
36 Master [1320], which [4169] is the great [3173] commandment [1785] in [1722] the law [3551]?