Cross references

Matthew 13:47

Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

Matthew 13:47 BSB

Matthew 13:47 has 29 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 15:6 (13 votes) and 2 Timothy 3:2–5 (9 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Ezekiel 17 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:47 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 15:613 votes

    If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

  2. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, …

  3. Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

  4. Mark 1:176 votes

    “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

  5. 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.

  6. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, …

  7. When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ …

  8. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. …

  9. For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

  10. He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it. For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision, …

  11. Luke 5:104 votes
  12. Acts 20:304 votes

    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

  13. 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. …

Which verses point to Matthew 13:47?

The 10 strongest of 14.