Cross references

Matthew 13:25

But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

Matthew 13:25 BSB

Matthew 13:25 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Peter 5:8 (22 votes) and Acts 20:30–31 (11 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:25 point to?

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  1. 1 Peter 5:822 votes

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  2. Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

  3. 2 Peter 2:111 votes

    Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

  4. and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

  5. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

  6. And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

  7. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

  8. Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

  9. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. …

  10. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. …

  11. Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.

Which verses point to Matthew 13:25?

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