Matthew 5:19 Cross References

Matthew 5:19

19: So if you break the smallest commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God's laws and teaches them will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Deuteronomy 12:32

  1. Carefully obey all the commands I give you. Do not add to them or subtract from them.

James 2:10

  1. And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.
  2. For the same God who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." So if you murder someone, you have broken the entire law, even if you do not commit adultery.

Matthew 28:20

  1. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Matthew 11:11

  1. "I assure you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the most insignificant person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!

1 Timothy 4:11

  1. Teach these things and insist that everyone learn them.
  2. Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Titus 3:8

  1. These things I have told you are all true. I want you to insist on them so that everyone who trusts in God will be careful to do good deeds all the time. These things are good and beneficial for everyone.

1 Timothy 6:3

  1. Some false teachers may deny these things, but these are the sound, wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, and they are the foundation for a godly life.
  2. Anyone who teaches anything different is both conceited and ignorant. Such a person has an unhealthy desire to quibble over the meaning of words. This stirs up arguments ending in jealousy, fighting, slander, and evil suspicions.

Psalms 119:6

  1. Then I will not be disgraced when I compare my life with your commands.

Daniel 12:3

  1. Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who turn many to righteousness will shine like stars forever.

Galatians 5:14

  1. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
  2. But if instead of showing love among yourselves you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
  3. So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.
  4. The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict.
  5. But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law.

Romans 13:8

  1. Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of God's law.
  2. For the commandments against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting--and any other commandment--are all summed up in this one commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
  3. Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of God's requirements.

Revelation 2:20

  1. But I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman--that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet--to lead my servants astray. She is encouraging them to worship idols, eat food offered to idols, and commit sexual sin.

Revelation 2:14

  1. And yet I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you who are like Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to worship idols by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.
  2. In the same way, you have some Nicolaitans among you--people who follow the same teaching and commit the same sins.

Romans 6:15

  1. So since God's grace has set us free from the law, does this mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!

Titus 2:8

  1. Let your teaching be so correct that it can't be criticized. Then those who want to argue will be ashamed because they won't have anything bad to say about us.
  2. Slaves must obey their masters and do their best to please them. They must not talk back
  3. or steal, but they must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and good. Then they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.

Romans 6:1

  1. Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more kindness and forgiveness?

Psalms 119:128

  1. Truly, each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.

Galatians 3:10

  1. But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."
  2. Consequently, it is clear that no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
  3. How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says, "If you wish to find life by obeying the law, you must obey all of its commands."
  4. But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

Matthew 15:3

  1. Jesus replied, "And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?
  2. For instance, God says, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'
  3. But you say, 'You don't need to honor your parents by caring for their needs if you give the money to God instead.'
  4. And so, by your own tradition, you nullify the direct commandment of God.

Deuteronomy 27:26

  1. `Cursed is anyone who does not affirm the terms of this law by obeying them.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'

1 Timothy 6:11

  1. But you, Timothy, belong to God; so run from all these evil things, and follow what is right and good. Pursue a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

Matthew 19:28

  1. And Jesus replied, "I assure you that when I, the Son of Man, sit upon my glorious throne in the Kingdom, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

1 Peter 5:4

  1. And when the head Shepherd comes, your reward will be a never-ending share in his glory and honor.

Romans 3:8

  1. If you follow that kind of thinking, however, you might as well say that the more we sin the better it is! Those who say such things deserve to be condemned, yet some slander me by saying this is what I preach!

Luke 11:42

  1. "But how terrible it will be for you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you completely forget about justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things.

Philippians 4:8

  1. And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
  2. Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be with you.

Matthew 20:26

  1. But among you it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

Philippians 3:17

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
  2. For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.

Luke 1:15

  1. for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or hard liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

Luke 9:48

  1. Then he said to them, "Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest."

Acts 1:1

  1. Dear Theophilus: In my first book I told you about everything Jesus began to do and teach

1 Samuel 2:30

  1. "Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The terrible things you are doing cannot continue! I had promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor only those who honor me, and I will despise those who despise me.

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.
  2. For you remember what we taught you in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  3. God wants you to be holy, so you should keep clear of all sexual sin.
  4. Then each of you will control your body and live in holiness and honor--
  5. not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their ignorance of God and his ways.

Luke 22:24

  1. And they began to argue among themselves as to who would be the greatest in the coming Kingdom.
  2. Jesus told them, "In this world the kings and great men order their people around, and yet they are called 'friends of the people.'
  3. But among you, those who are the greatest should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.

Matthew 23:16

  1. "Blind guides! How terrible it will be for you! For you say that it means nothing to swear 'by God's Temple'--you can break that oath. But then you say that it is binding to swear 'by the gold in the Temple.'
  2. Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
  3. 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!
  4. How blind! For which is greater, the gift on the altar, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
  5. When you swear 'by the altar,' you are swearing by it and by everything on it.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

  1. You yourselves are our witnesses--and so is God--that we were pure and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.
  2. And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
  3. We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you into his Kingdom to share his glory.

Malachi 2:8

  1. But not you! You have left God's paths. Your `guidance' has caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites," says the LORD Almighty.
  2. "So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown partiality in your interpretation of the law."
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