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Shall exceed (perisseusēi pleion). Overflow like a river out of its banks and then Jesus adds “more” followed by an unexpressed ablative (tēs dikaiosunēs), brachylogy. A daring statement on Christ’s part that they had to be better than the rabbis. They must excel the scribes, the small number of regular teachers (5:21-48), and the Pharisees in the Pharisaic life (6:1-18) who were the separated ones, the orthodox pietists.