Matthew 12:6 Cross References

Matthew 12:6

6: I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple!

Matthew 12:41

  1. The people of Nineveh will rise up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And now someone greater than Jonah is here--and you refuse to repent.
  2. The queen of Sheba will also rise up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, because she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And now someone greater than Solomon is here--and you refuse to listen to him.

1 Peter 2:4

  1. Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God's temple. He was rejected by the people, but he is precious to God who chose him.
  2. And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.

2 Chronicles 6:18

  1. "But will God really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

Malachi 3:1

  1. "Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming," says the LORD Almighty.

Colossians 2:9

  1. For in Christ the fullness of God lives in a human body,

John 2:19

  1. "All right," Jesus replied. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
  2. "What!" they exclaimed. "It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can do it in three days?"
  3. But by "this temple," Jesus meant his body.

Matthew 23:17

  1. Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
  2. And you say that to take an oath 'by the altar' can be broken, but to swear 'by the gifts on the altar' is binding!
  3. How blind! For which is greater, the gift on the altar, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
  4. When you swear 'by the altar,' you are swearing by it and by everything on it.
  5. And when you swear 'by the Temple,' you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.

Ephesians 2:20

  1. We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
  2. We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
  3. Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

Haggai 2:7

  1. I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the LORD Almighty.
  2. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD Almighty.
  3. The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD Almighty. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken!"
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