Cross references
Matthew 5:45
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 5:45 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 145:9 (68 votes) and Luke 6:35 (48 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 2 to 1 John 3.
Which verses does Matthew 5:45 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 145:968 votes
The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- Luke 6:3548 votes
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- Acts 14:1732 votes
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Job 25:320 votes
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
- Ephesians 5:19 votes
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
- Matthew 5:96 votes
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- John 13:354 votes
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
- 1 John 3:90 votes
Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
Which verses point to Matthew 5:45?
The 10 strongest of 48.