"Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Moses was given by God the commandments by which God's people should live by. The ten commandments in Exodus 20 and then the book of Deuteronomy is full of instructions on what is right and what is wrong.
When Jesus says that we will be called least in heaven if we put off even the smallest part but will be called great if we keep and teach them we are being given an impossible task. We are being asked to live perfectly.
A little later Jesus talks about John the Baptist being the greatest and best man He know but the least in heaven will be greater than John the Baptist.
"Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." ~ Matthew 11:11
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