Matthew 13:47 Cross References

Matthew 13:47

47: "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that is thrown into the water and gathers fish of every kind.

1 John 4:1

  1. Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.
  2. This is the way to find out if they have the Spirit of God: If a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ became a human being, that person has the Spirit of God.
  3. If a prophet does not acknowledge Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist. You have heard that he is going to come into the world, and he is already here.
  4. But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.
  5. These people belong to this world, so they speak from the world's viewpoint, and the world listens to them.

Matthew 4:19

  1. Jesus called out to them, "Come, be my disciples, and I will show you how to fish for people!"

2 Peter 2:13

  1. Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They revel in deceitfulness while they feast with you.
  2. They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.
  3. They have wandered off the right road and followed the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
  4. But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.
  5. These people are as useless as dried-up springs of water or as clouds blown away by the wind--promising much and delivering nothing. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

John 15:6

  1. Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

2 Timothy 3:2

  1. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
  2. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control; they will be cruel and have no interest in what is good.
  3. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
  4. They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. You must stay away from people like that.

Revelation 3:1

  1. "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive--but you are dead.

1 John 2:18

  1. Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the end of the world has come.
  2. These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.

Jude 1:4

  1. I say this because some godless people have wormed their way in among you, saying that God's forgiveness allows us to live immoral lives. The fate of such people was determined long ago, for they have turned against our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  2. I must remind you--and you know it well--that even though the Lord rescued the whole nation of Israel from Egypt, he later destroyed every one of those who did not remain faithful.

1 Corinthians 10:1

  1. I don't want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, what happened to our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. God guided all of them by sending a cloud that moved along ahead of them, and he brought them all safely through the waters of the sea on dry ground.
  2. As followers of Moses, they were all baptized in the cloud and the sea.
  3. And all of them ate the same miraculous food,
  4. and all of them drank the same miraculous water. For they all drank from the miraculous rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ.
  5. Yet after all this, God was not pleased with most of them, and he destroyed them in the wilderness.

Matthew 22:9

  1. Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.'
  2. "So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.

1 Corinthians 5:1

  1. I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you, something so evil that even the pagans don't do it. I am told that you have a man in your church who is living in sin with his father's wife.
  2. And you are so proud of yourselves! Why aren't you mourning in sorrow and shame? And why haven't you removed this man from your fellowship?
  3. Even though I am not there with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit. Concerning the one who has done this, I have already passed judgment
  4. in the name of the Lord Jesus. You are to call a meeting of the church, and I will be there in spirit, and the power of the Lord Jesus will be with you as you meet.
  5. Then you must cast this man out of the church and into Satan's hands, so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved when the Lord returns.

2 Corinthians 12:20

  1. For I am afraid that when I come to visit you I won't like what I find, and then you won't like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfishness, backstabbing, gossip, conceit, and disorderly behavior.
  2. Yes, I am afraid that when I come, God will humble me again because of you. And I will have to grieve because many of you who sinned earlier have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure.

Titus 1:9

  1. He must have a strong and steadfast belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with right teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.
  2. For there are many who rebel against right teaching; they engage in useless talk and deceive people. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation.
  3. They must be silenced. By their wrong teaching, they have already turned whole families away from the truth. Such teachers only want your money.

2 Timothy 4:3

  1. For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear.
  2. They will reject the truth and follow strange myths.

Matthew 13:26

  1. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.
  2. The farmer's servants came and told him, 'Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds!'
  3. "'An enemy has done it!' the farmer exclaimed. "'Shall we pull out the weeds?' they asked.
  4. "He replied, 'No, you'll hurt the wheat if you do.
  5. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds and burn them and to put the wheat in the barn.'"

Mark 1:17

  1. Jesus called out to them, "Come, be my disciples, and I will show you how to fish for people!"

2 Peter 2:1

  1. But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach their destructive heresies about God and even turn against their Master who bought them. Theirs will be a swift and terrible end.
  2. Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of them, Christ and his true way will be slandered.
  3. In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.

2 Corinthians 11:26

  1. I have traveled many weary miles. I have faced danger from flooded rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the stormy seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be Christians but are not.

Revelation 3:15

  1. "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were one or the other!
  2. But since you are like lukewarm water, I will spit you out of my mouth!
  3. You say, 'I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

1 Corinthians 11:19

  1. But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that those of you who are right will be recognized!

Acts 5:1

  1. There was also a man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property.
  2. He brought part of the money to the apostles, but he claimed it was the full amount. His wife had agreed to this deception.
  3. Then Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.
  4. The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren't lying to us but to God."
  5. As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.

Acts 8:18

  1. When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given when the apostles placed their hands upon people's heads, he offered money to buy this power.
  2. "Let me have this power, too," he exclaimed, "so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit!"
  3. But Peter replied, "May your money perish with you for thinking God's gift can be bought!
  4. You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right before God.
  5. Turn from your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts,

Luke 5:10

  1. His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, "Don't be afraid! From now on you'll be fishing for people!"

Acts 20:30

  1. Even some of you will distort the truth in order to draw a following.

Galatians 2:4

  1. Even that question wouldn't have come up except for some so-called Christians there--false ones, really--who came to spy on us and see our freedom in Christ Jesus. They wanted to force us, like slaves, to follow their Jewish regulations.

Luke 14:21

  1. "The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was angry and said, 'Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.'
  2. After the servant had done this, he reported, 'There is still room for more.'
  3. So his master said, 'Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.

Matthew 25:1

  1. "The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
  2. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
  3. The five who were foolish took no oil for their lamps,
  4. but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.

John 15:2

  1. 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.

2 Corinthians 11:13

  1. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  2. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
  3. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
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