Cross references

John 21:3

Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.”

“We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.

John 21:3 BSB

John 21:3 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 5:5 (10 votes) and Matthew 4:18–20 (7 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from 2 Kings 6 to 2 Thessalonians 3.

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Which verses does John 21:3 point to?

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  1. Luke 5:510 votes

    “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

  2. As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” …

  3. and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.” And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.

  4. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. …

  5. Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

  6. Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha. …

  7. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

  8. Acts 18:32 votes

    and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

  9. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

  10. Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

Which verses point to John 21:3?

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