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Matthew 13:32

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Matthew 13:32 BSB

Matthew 13:32 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 31:6 (14 votes) and Daniel 4:12 (13 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Judges 9 to Revelation 11.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:32 point to?

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

  1. Ezekiel 31:614 votes

    All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

  2. Daniel 4:1213 votes

    Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

  3. Ezekiel 17:23–2410 votes

    I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches. Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

  4. Acts 21:205 votes

    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

  5. Daniel 2:44–454 votes

    In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever. And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

  6. Zechariah 8:20–234 votes

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ …

  7. Romans 15:18–194 votes

    I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

  8. Psalm 104:123 votes

    The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

  9. Daniel 2:34–353 votes

    As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

  10. Zechariah 4:103 votes

    For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

  11. Psalm 72:16–192 votes
  12. Isaiah 2:2–42 votes
  13. Ezekiel 47:1–52 votes
  14. Micah 4:1–32 votes
  15. Zechariah 14:7–102 votes
  16. Acts 1:151 vote
  17. Revelation 11:151 vote

Which verses point to Matthew 13:32?

The 10 strongest of 21.