Cross references
Matthew 3:1
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Matthew 3:1 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 40:3–6 (15 votes) and John 1:6–8 (8 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Joshua 14 to Acts 19.
Which verses does Matthew 3:1 point to?
The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 40:3–615 votes
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. …
- John 1:6–88 votes
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. …
- Luke 1:13–177 votes
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth, …
- Luke 1:767 votes
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
- Matthew 11:116 votes
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
- Luke 3:1–206 votes
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. …
- Acts 19:3–45 votes
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied. Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
- Matthew 16:144 votes
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
- Mark 1:154 votes
“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
- Acts 13:24–254 votes
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
- Matthew 3:83 votes
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- Matthew 11:73 votes
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
- Matthew 14:2–143 votes
- Matthew 17:12–133 votes
- Matthew 21:25–273 votes
- Mark 1:3–83 votes
- Mark 6:16–293 votes
- Luke 7:243 votes
- Acts 1:223 votes
- Joshua 15:61–622 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 3:1?
The 10 strongest of 26.