Matthew • Chapter 23 (39 verses)
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses ' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abel , Jerusalem .
New Testament • 28 Chapters
Matthew (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Aram , Rahab , Babylon , Bethlehem 1 , Jerusalem , Egypt . Opens with: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David , the son of Abraham ...."
Matthew • Chapter 2 (23 verses)
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem , Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had hea... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Mary , Joseph , Bethlehem 1 , Jerusalem , Egypt , Galilee , Nazareth .
Luke • Chapter 23 (56 verses)
And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Joseph , Galilee , Jerusalem .
Acts • Chapter 23 (35 verses)
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wal... Mentions: Jerusalem , Rome , Caesarea , Antipatris , Cilicia .
Matthew • Chapter 3 (17 verses)
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, mak... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Jordan , Galilee .
Numbers • Chapter 23 (30 verses)
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: pera... Mentions: Moab , Aram , Jacob/Israel , Zophim , Pisgah , Egypt .
Exodus • Chapter 23 (33 verses)
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.... Mentions: Egypt .
Proverbs • Chapter 23 (35 verses)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Jeremiah • Chapter 23 (40 verses)
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon yo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Judah , Baal , Egypt , Samaria , Jerusalem , Sodom .
Matthew • Chapter 22 (46 verses)
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .
Isaiah • Chapter 23 (18 verses)
The burden of Tyre . Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And b... Mentions: Tyre , Tarshish , Kittim , Egypt .
Matthew • Chapter 21 (46 verses)
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem , and were come to Bethphage , unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jerusalem , Bethphage , Nazareth , Galilee , Bethany 1 .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 23 (25 verses)
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. An Ammonite or Mo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Pethor , Mesopotamia .
Matthew • Chapter 13 (58 verses)
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , James ( Jacob ), Joses , Simon .
Psalms • Chapter 23 (6 verses)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Matthew • Chapter 7 (29 verses)
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
branch, green shoot (Nazarene wordplay)
branch, green shoot (Nazarene wordplay). Green sprout, shoot from roots; Isaiah 11:1 ('and a Branch shall grow out of his roots'), linguistic root underlying Matthew 2:23 ('He shall be called a Nazarene').
2 Kings • Chapter 23 (37 verses)
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem . And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and g... Mentions: Judah, Hilkiah , Baal , Joshua , Nathan , Jerusalem, Kidron , Geba 1 , Topheth .
Job • Chapter 23 (17 verses)
Then Job answered and said, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 23 (27 verses)
O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them. Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over mine heart? That they spare me not for mine ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins: That mine ign... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Matthew • Chapter 28 (20 verses)
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the do... Mentions: Mary, Yeshua the Messiah , Galilee .
2 Samuel • Chapter 23 (39 verses)
Now these be the last words of David . David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob , and the sweet psalmist of Israel , said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock ... Mentions: David, Jesse , Jacob/Israel, Eleazar , Zeruiah , Adullam , Rephaim , Kabzeel , Moab , Abiezer .
Matthew • Chapter 8 (34 verses)
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his lepr... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Capernaum .
Matthew • Chapter 4 (25 verses)
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Galilee , Nazareth , Capernaum , Jordan , Syria .
Joshua • Chapter 23 (16 verses)
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. And Joshua called for all Israel , and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers,... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joshua, Moses , Jordan .
Genesis • Chapter 23 (20 verses)
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and s... Mentions: Hebron , Canaan , Abram/Abraham, Ephron 1 , Machpelah , Mamre .
Matthew • Chapter 5 (48 verses)
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mentions: Jerusalem .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (21 verses)
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham , and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed , and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah , and Elishaphat the son of Zichri , into covenant with him. And they ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah), Jeroham , Ishmael , Obed , Adaiah , Jerusalem , Baal .
Matthew • Chapter 24 (51 verses)
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Daniel , Noah .
Matthew • Chapter 20 (34 verses)
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jerusalem , Jericho .
1 Samuel • Chapter 23 (29 verses)
Then they told David , saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah , and they rob the threshingfloors. Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah . And Da... Mentions: David, Judah , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Keilah, Ziph 1 , Gibeah 1 , Hachilah , Jeshimon .
Matthew • Chapter 27 (66 verses)
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas , which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Eli , Cyrene , Golgotha , Galilee .