“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”
Matthew 23:13 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 23:13
Christ is truly the Son of that God Who gave the Law; after the example of the blessings pronounced in the Law, did Himself pronounce the blessings of them that are saved; and also after the cursings of the Law, He now sets forth a woe against sinners; 'Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.' They who allow that it is compatible with goodness to utter these denunciations against sinners, should understand that the purpose of God is the same in the cursings of the…
By 'the kingdom of heaven' is meant the Scriptures, because in them the kingdom of heaven is lodged; the understanding of these is the door.