Scarlet Thread Map

Cross references

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written:

‘I will strike the Shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Matthew 26:31 BSB
  1. a Zechariah 13:7

Matthew 26:31 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 13:7 (55 votes) and Mark 14:27–28 (22 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from 2 Samuel 17 to Hebrews 5.

GenesisMalachiMatthewRevelation

Which verses does Matthew 26:31 point to?

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

  1. Zechariah 13:755 votes

    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

  2. Mark 14:27–2822 votes

    Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

  3. John 16:3218 votes

    “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

  4. Ezekiel 34:5–614 votes

    They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts. My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

  5. Psalm 69:209 votes

    Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

  6. Psalm 38:118 votes

    My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

  7. Matthew 24:9–107 votes

    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

  8. Psalm 88:186 votes

    You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

  9. Isaiah 53:106 votes

    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.

  10. Lamentations 1:196 votes

    I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

  11. Luke 22:31–326 votes

    Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

  12. Job 6:15–225 votes
  13. Job 19:13–165 votes
  14. Matthew 11:65 votes
  15. Matthew 26:565 votes

    But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Which verses point to Matthew 26:31?

The 10 strongest of 17.