Cross references

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 13:38 BSB

Matthew 13:38 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 8:44 (9 votes) and Acts 13:10 (6 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 14.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:38 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 8:449 votes

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

  2. Acts 13:106 votes

    and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

  3. For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

  4. The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. …

  5. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

  6. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  7. When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

  8. James 1:183 votes

    He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

  9. Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

  10. Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

  11. Hosea 2:232 votes
  12. Luke 24:472 votes
  13. John 12:242 votes
  14. that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

  15. James 2:52 votes

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Which verses point to Matthew 13:38?

The 10 strongest of 21.