Cross references

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

Matthew 12:45 BSB

Matthew 12:45 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 11:26 (9 votes) and Mark 5:9 (7 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Leviticus 13 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Matthew 12:45 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Luke 11:269 votes

    Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

  2. Mark 5:97 votes

    “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

  3. It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— …

  4. If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. …

  5. Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. …

  6. Mark 16:94 votes

    Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.

  7. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. …

  8. These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively. Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. …

  9. as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. …

  10. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

  11. But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

Which verses point to Matthew 12:45?

The 10 strongest of 32.