Matthew 13:23 Cross References

Matthew 13:23

23: The good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God's message and produce a huge harvest--thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted."

Matthew 12:33

  1. "A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad.

Colossians 1:6

  1. This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours that very first day you heard and understood the truth about God's great kindness to sinners.

Matthew 13:8

  1. But some seeds fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted.

Philippians 1:11

  1. May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation--those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ--for this will bring much glory and praise to God.

Galatians 5:22

  1. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  2. gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.

John 15:16

  1. You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

John 15:1

  1. "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
  2. He cuts off every branch that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
  3. You have already been pruned for greater fruitfulness by the message I have given you.
  4. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.
  5. "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

2 Peter 1:5

  1. So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
  2. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.
  3. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
  4. The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalms 92:13

  1. For they are transplanted into the LORD's own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
  2. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
  3. They will declare, "The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is nothing but goodness in him!"

Luke 13:9

  1. If we get figs next year, fine. If not, you can cut it down.'"

2 Corinthians 8:1

  1. Now I want to tell you, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done for the churches in Macedonia.
  2. Though they have been going through much trouble and hard times, their wonderful joy and deep poverty have overflowed in rich generosity.

2 Peter 3:18

  1. But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen.

1 John 5:20

  1. And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

Psalms 1:1

  1. Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers.
  2. But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law.
  3. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.

Acts 17:11

  1. And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to check up on Paul and Silas, to see if they were really teaching the truth.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

  1. Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so more and more.

1 Peter 2:1

  1. So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.
  2. You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk,

Ezekiel 36:26

  1. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.

James 1:21

  1. So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the message God has planted in your hearts, for it is strong enough to save your souls.
  2. And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. If you don't obey, you are only fooling yourself.

Luke 6:43

  1. "A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.
  2. A tree is identified by the kind of fruit it produces. Figs never grow on thornbushes or grapes on bramble bushes.

2 Corinthians 9:10

  1. For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will give you many opportunities to do good, and he will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

Mark 4:20

  1. But the good soil represents those who hear and accept God's message and produce a huge harvest--thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted."

2 Thessalonians 2:10

  1. He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.

Hebrews 4:2

  1. For this Good News--that God has prepared a place of rest--has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't believe what God told them.

Philippians 4:17

  1. I don't say this because I want a gift from you. What I want is for you to receive a well-earned reward because of your kindness.

Ezekiel 18:31

  1. Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?

Hebrews 8:10

  1. But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds so they will understand them, and I will write them on their hearts so they will obey them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

John 17:7

  1. Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you,
  2. for I have passed on to them the words you gave me; and they accepted them and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.

John 10:26

  1. But you don't believe me because you are not part of my flock.
  2. My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

Proverbs 1:5

  1. Let those who are wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. And let those who understand receive guidance
  2. by exploring the depth of meaning in these proverbs, parables, wise sayings, and riddles.

Matthew 3:10

  1. Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

Mark 10:15

  1. I assure you, anyone who doesn't have their kind of faith will never get into the Kingdom of God."

Proverbs 2:2

  1. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
  2. Cry out for insight and understanding.
  3. Search for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure.
  4. Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God.
  5. For the LORD grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Hebrews 6:7

  1. When the ground soaks up the rain that falls on it and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has the blessing of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

  1. As for us, we always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation, a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and by your belief in the truth.
  2. He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 3:8

  1. Prove by the way you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to God.

John 8:47

  1. Anyone whose Father is God listens gladly to the words of God. Since you don't, it proves you aren't God's children."

John 1:11

  1. Even in his own land and among his own people, he was not accepted.
  2. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
  3. They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan--this rebirth comes from God.

Acts 16:14

  1. One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.

Colossians 1:10

  1. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better.

Luke 8:15

  1. But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.

Hebrews 13:15

  1. With Jesus' help, let us continually offer our sacrifice of praise to God by proclaiming the glory of his name.
  2. Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God.
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