Matthew 20:15

Which verses does Matthew 20:15 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Romans 9:15–2414 votes

   For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. …

2. Deuteronomy 15:910 votes

   Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

3. Matthew 6:236 votes

   But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

4. Mark 7:226 votes

   greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

5. Exodus 33:195 votes

   “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

6. Jonah 4:1–45 votes

   Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry. So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster. …

7. John 17:25 votes

   For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

8. Deuteronomy 7:6–84 votes

   For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. …

9. 1 Chronicles 28:4–53 votes

   Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel. And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

10. Proverbs 23:63 votes

    Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

11. Proverbs 28:223 votes
12. Matthew 11:253 votes
13. Acts 13:453 votes

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

14. Romans 11:5–63 votes

    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.

15. 1 Corinthians 4:73 votes
16. Ephesians 1:113 votes
17. Ephesians 2:13 votes
18. Deuteronomy 28:542 votes
19. Jeremiah 27:5–72 votes
20. James 1:182 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 20:15?

The 10 strongest of 38.

• Jeremiah 18:6 19
• Luke 23:43 17
• Jonah 4:4 10
• Job 1:21 8
• Exodus 20:17 6
• Deuteronomy 15:9 5
• Proverbs 22:9 5
• Jonah 4:1 5
• Matthew 6:23 5
• Mark 7:22 5