Matthew 23:38
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 23
“Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.”Matthew 23:38
What Does Matthew 23:38 Mean?
Matthew 23:38 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 23, verse 38 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 23:38 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 69:25“Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.”Jeremiah 22:5“But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.”Isaiah 5:9“In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.”Luke 13:35“Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”Ecclesiastes 7:16“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?”Luke 21:24“And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”1 Kings 9:7“Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:”Luke 14:24“For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”Luke 19:43“For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,”Luke 21:6“As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”Luke 21:20“And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.”Acts 6:13“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:”Lamentations 3:11“He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.”Daniel 9:26“And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”Zechariah 11:9“Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.”Mark 13:14“But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:”2 Chronicles 7:20“Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.”Psalms 69:24“Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.”Isaiah 64:10“Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.”Jeremiah 7:9“Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;”
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