Cross references

Matthew 20:12

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

Matthew 20:12 BSB

Matthew 20:12 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 11:5–6 (7 votes) and 2 Corinthians 11:23–28 (4 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Numbers 23 to James 1.

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Which verses does Matthew 20:12 point to?

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

  1. In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

  2. Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. …

  3. Luke 12:553 votes

    And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

  4. But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  5. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

  6. To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

  7. 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.” “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

  8. Jonah 4:82 votes

    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

  9. by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?” Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying, …

  10. You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

  11. James 1:112 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 20:12?

The 10 strongest of 13.