Cross references

Matthew 13:20

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Matthew 13:20 BSB

Matthew 13:20 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 33:31–32 (10 votes) and Psalm 106:12–13 (9 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Ruth 1 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:20 point to?

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

  1. So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

  2. Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

  3. John 5:357 votes

    John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

  4. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  5. When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. …

  6. For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

  7. But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.” Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.” …

  8. So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

  9. When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.

  10. Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

  11. Mark 6:205 votes
  12. Acts 8:135 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 13:20?

The 10 strongest of 26.