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The Old Testament inside the New

The Quotation Web

The New Testament quotes the Old by name, hundreds of times. Every citation is listed here with its receipt: who quotes, what is quoted, and the verse it came from.

The brightest arcs, named

The Quotation Web: the Old Testament inside the New

Some arcs above are not echoes at all: they are citations. Here is the ledger behind them — every explicit place the New Testament quotes the Old outright, grouped by the book doing the quoting, source verse on the left and quoting verse on the right. Every reference is a door into the verse.

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Matthew

51 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    Matthew fulfillment formula 'that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet' (contested: LXX parthenos vs MT almah — both readings at full strength on the verse page)

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    'a man at variance against his father' — division saying

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    'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face' ('this is he, of whom it is written')

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    'Behold my servant, whom I have chosen' — Servant fulfillment formula

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    'I will have mercy, and not sacrifice' — Sabbath grainfield defense

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    'By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand' (parables rationale; most-quoted OT text in NT)

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    'I will open my mouth in parables' — fulfillment formula

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    'Honour thy father and mother' (Corban dispute)

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    'He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death'

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    'This people draweth nigh with their mouth' (Isaiah's prophecy of hypocrisy)

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    'in the mouth of two or three witnesses' (church discipline)

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    the commandments recited to the rich young ruler (Decalogue, second table)

Mark

21 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Behold, I send my messenger' (Mark's composite 'as it is written in the prophets', w/ Isa 40:3)

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    'The voice of one crying in the wilderness'

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    the commandments to the rich young ruler

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    'made them male and female' (divorce dispute)

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    'they twain shall be one flesh'

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    'house of prayer for all nations' (temple cleansing)

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    'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord' (triumphal entry)

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    'the stone which the builders rejected' ('have ye not read this scripture')

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    levirate law (Sadducees, 'Moses wrote unto us')

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    'I am the God of Abraham' — resurrection argument

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    the Shema, 'Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord' — the first commandment

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    'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself'

Luke

21 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God' — the lawyer's answer

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    'and thy neighbour as thyself' (Good Samaritan setup)

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    'Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord'

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    'My house is the house of prayer' (temple cleansing)

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    'Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord' ('as it is written in the law')

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    'A pair of turtledoves' — purification offering

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    'The stone which the builders rejected' ('what is this then that is written')

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    levirate law (Sadducees, 'Moses wrote')

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    'the God of Abraham' — resurrection argument at the bush

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    'The Lord said unto my Lord' (Davidic-sonship question)

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    'he was reckoned among the transgressors' ('this that is written must be accomplished in me')

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    'say to the mountains, Fall on us' (weeping women of Jerusalem)

John

14 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    John the Baptist self-identifies: 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness'

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    'I said, Ye are gods' ('is it not written in your law')

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    'Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel' (triumphal entry)

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    'Fear not... behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt'

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    'Lord, who hath believed our report?' — unbelief fulfillment ('that the saying of Esaias might be fulfilled')

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    'He hath blinded their eyes' (hardening; John says Isaiah 'saw his glory')

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    'He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me' (Judas; 'that the scripture may be fulfilled')

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    'They hated me without a cause' ('that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law', w/ Ps 35:19)

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    'They parted my raiment among them' (soldiers cast lots; 'that the scripture might be fulfilled')

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    'A bone of him shall not be broken' (Passover-lamb law; w/ Num 9:12, Ps 34:20)

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    'They shall look on him whom they pierced' ('another scripture saith')

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    'The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up' (temple cleansing, disciples remember)

Acts

28 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Let his habitation be desolate' — on Judas ('it is written in the book of Psalms')

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    'his bishoprick let another take' (replacing Judas)

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    'I have found David... a man after mine own heart' (Paul at Antioch, w/ 1Sa 13:14)

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    'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee' ('as it is written in the second psalm')

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    'the sure mercies of David' (resurrection, no more to corruption)

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    'Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption'

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    'Behold, ye despisers, and wonder' (warning, 'that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets')

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    'I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles' ('so hath the Lord commanded us')

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    'I will build again the tabernacle of David' — James at the Jerusalem Council

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    'I will pour out of my Spirit' — Peter at Pentecost ('this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel')

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    'Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell' — resurrection proof ('David speaketh concerning him')

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    'of the fruit of his loins... he would raise up Christ' (Davidic oath)

Romans

52 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'The just shall live by faith' — thesis of Romans ('as it is written')

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    'Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed'

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    'Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved'

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    'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel' ('as it is written')

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    'Lord, who hath believed our report?' ('Esaias saith')

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    'Their sound went into all the earth' (creation's witness)

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    'I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people' ('Moses saith')

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    'I was found of them that sought me not' ('Esaias is very bold')

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    'All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient people'

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    'The man which doeth those things shall live by them' (righteousness of the law)

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    'Who shall ascend into heaven?' (righteousness of faith speaks)

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    'There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer' ('as it is written')

1 Corinthians

17 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise' ('it is written')

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    'He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord' ('as it is written')

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    'The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof' (meat offered to idols)

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    'The people sat down to eat... and rose up to play' (golden-calf warning, 'as it is written')

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    'With men of other tongues... will I speak' ('in the law it is written')

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    'He hath put all things under his feet' (resurrection reign)

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    'Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die' (if the dead rise not)

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    'The first man Adam was made a living soul' ('it is written')

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    'Death is swallowed up in victory' ('the saying that is written')

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    'O death, where is thy sting?'

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    'Who hath known the mind of the Lord?' (the mind of Christ)

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    'Eye hath not seen... the things which God hath prepared' ('as it is written')

2 Corinthians

9 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord'

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    'In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established'

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    'I believed, and therefore have I spoken' ('as it is written')

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    'I will dwell in them... and they shall be my people' (w/ Eze 37:27)

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    'Come out from among them, and be ye separate'

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    'I will be a Father unto you' (Davidic adoption promise applied to the church)

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    'In an acceptable time have I heard thee' ('he saith')

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    'He that gathered much had nothing over' (manna equality, 'as it is written')

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    'He hath dispersed abroad... his righteousness remaineth' ('as it is written')

Galatians

10 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things' ('it is written')

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    'The just shall live by faith'

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    'The man that doeth them shall live in them' (law not of faith)

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    'Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree' (Christ made a curse)

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    'And to thy seed' — Paul's singular-seed argument (w/ Gen 22:18)

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    'Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness'

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    'In thee shall all nations be blessed' ('the scripture... preached before the gospel unto Abraham')

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    'Rejoice, thou barren' (Sarah/Jerusalem-above allegory, 'it is written')

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    'Cast out the bondwoman and her son' ('what saith the scripture?')

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    'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' — the law fulfilled in one word

Ephesians

5 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Speak every man truth with his neighbour'

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    'Be ye angry, and sin not'

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    'When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive' ('he saith')

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    'They two shall be one flesh' (marriage as Christ and the church)

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    'Honour thy father and mother — the first commandment with promise'

Philippians

1 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Every knee shall bow... every tongue confess' (the exalted Name)

1 Timothy

1 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Thou shalt not muzzle the ox' ('the scripture saith')

2 Timothy

1 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'The Lord knoweth them that are his' (the firm foundation)

Hebrews

29 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth'

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    'Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool'

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    'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee' (Son superior to angels, w/ 2Sa 7:14)

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    'Let all the angels of God worship him'

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    'Who maketh his angels spirits'

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    'Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever' (the Son addressed as God)

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    'I will put my laws into their hearts' (new-covenant reprise, 'the Holy Ghost is a witness')

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    'Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense'

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    'He that shall come will come... the just shall live by faith'

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    'Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me'

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    'In Isaac shall thy seed be called' (Abraham's faith in offering Isaac)

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    'Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven'

James

4 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Do not commit adultery... Do not kill' (the whole law argument)

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    'Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness' ('the scripture was fulfilled')

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    'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' — the royal law ('according to the scripture')

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    'God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble' ('the scripture saith')

1 Peter

11 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'Be ye holy; for I am holy' ('it is written')

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    'All flesh is as grass... but the word of the Lord endureth for ever'

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    'Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth' (Christ's example in suffering)

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    'Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone' ('it is contained in the scripture')

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    'The stone which the builders disallowed... head of the corner'

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    'A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence'

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    'A royal priesthood, an holy nation' (church as new Israel, w/ Isa 43:20-21)

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    'He that will love life... let him refrain his tongue from evil'

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    'Be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled'

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    'If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly appear?'

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    'God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble'

2 Peter

1 quotations— source → quoting verse
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    'The dog is turned to his own vomit again' (the true proverb of apostates)

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