Matthew 23:15
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 23
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”Matthew 23:15
What Does Matthew 23:15 Mean?
Matthew 23:15 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 23, verse 15 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Matthew 23:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 5:29“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”Luke 6:40“The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.”Acts 13:10“And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?”Acts 13:43“Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.”Ephesians 2:3“Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.”John 8:44“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”Acts 14:2“But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.”Galatians 4:17“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”Galatians 6:12“As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.”Matthew 5:22“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”Luke 11:26“Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”Acts 17:5“But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.”Galatians 6:13“For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.”Esther 8:17“And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.”Matthew 7:29“For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.”Acts 2:10“Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,”Acts 6:5“And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:”Acts 17:13“But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.”Acts 20:30“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.”Psalms 64:5“They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?”
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