Gen 22:18 – and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
Gal 3:16 – Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ.
None of his bones broken
Ex 12:46 – It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
Jn 19:36 – For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken."
A prophet like Moses
Deut 18:15 – "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers–it is to him you shall listen–
Deut 18:18 – I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
Deut 18:19 – And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
Acts 3:22 – Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
Acts 3:23 – And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.'
Acts 7:37 – This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.'
The kings of the earth set against the LORD’s anointed
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
Acts 4:25 – who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
Acts 4:26 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'–
Begotten by the LORD
Ps 2:7 – I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
Acts 13:33 – this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, "'You are my Son, today I have begotten you.'
Heb 1:5 – For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
Heb 5:5 – So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you";
Made a little lower than the angels and all things in subjection under His feet
Ps 8:4 – what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
Ps 8:5 – Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
Ps 8:6 – You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
Heb 2:6 – It has been testified somewhere, "What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him?
Heb 2:7 – You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,
Heb 2:8 – putting everything in subjection under his feet."Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
1 Cor 15:27 – For "God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "all things are put in subjection," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.
Not abandoned to Hades nor see corruption
Ps 16:8 – I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Ps 16:9 – Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
Ps 16:10 – For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
Acts 2:25 – For David says concerning him, "'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
Acts 2:26 – therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.
Acts 2:27 – For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
Acts 2:28 – You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
Acts 2:31 – he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts 13:35 – Therefore he says also in another psalm, "'You will not let your Holy One see corruption.'
“I will put my trust in Him”
Ps 18:2 – The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Heb 2:13 – And again, "I will put my trust in him."And again, "Behold, I and the children God has given me."
His garments divided by lots
Ps 22:18 – they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
Mt 27:35 – And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
Jn 19:24 – so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots."So the soldiers did these things,
None of his bones broken
Ps 34:20 – He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Jn 19:30 – When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
“I have come to do your will”
Ps 40:6 – Sacrifice and offering you have not desired, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
Ps 40:7 – Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
Ps 40:8 – I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
Heb 10:5 – Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
Heb 10:6 – in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.
Heb 10:7 – Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'"
One who eats bread with Him lifted his heel against Him
Ps 41:9 – Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Jn 13:18 – I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.'
His throne is forever
Ps 45:6 – Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Heb 1:8 – But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Led a host of captives
Ps 68:18 – You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Eph 4:8 – Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."
They hated Him without cause
Ps 69:4 – More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
Jn 15:25 – But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'
Zeal for God’s house consumed Him and reproaches fell on Him
Ps 69:9 – For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Jn 2:17 – His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
Rom 15:3 – For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
Opened His mouth in parables
Ps 78:2 – I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
Mt 13:35 – This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."
The eternal creator
Ps 102:25 – Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Ps 102:26 – They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
Ps 102:27 – but you are the same, and your years have no end.
Heb 1:10 – And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
Heb 1:11 – they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment,
Heb 1:12 – like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end."
Sits at the right hand of God
Ps 110:1 – The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool."
Mt 22:44 – "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet'?
Mk 12:36 – David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.'
Lk 20:42 – For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
Lk 20:43 – until I make your enemies your footstool.'
Acts 2:34 – For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
1 Cor 15:25 – For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
Heb 1:13 – And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
A priest forever in the order of Melchizedek
Ps 110:4 – The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."
Heb 5:6 – as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."
Heb 7:17 – For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."
Heb 7:21 – but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone
Ps 118:22 – The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Ps 118:23 – This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Mt 21:42 – Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
Mk 12:10 – Have you not read this Scripture: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
Mk 12:11 – this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
Lk 20:17 – But he looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?
Acts 4:11 – This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.
1 Pet 2:7 – So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,"
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!”
Ps 118:26 – Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Mt 21:9 – And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
Mk 11:9 – And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Born of a virgin; named Immanuel
Isa 7:14 – Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Mt 1:23 – "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel"(which means, God with us).
A stone of stumbling
Isa 8:14 – And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Rom 9:33 – as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
“I and the children whom the LORD has given me”
Isa 8:18 – Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Heb 2:12 – saying, "I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali
Isa 9:1 – But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
Isa 9:2 – The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.
Mt 4:15 – "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles–
Mt 4:16 – the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned."
The root of Jesse
Isa 11:1 – There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Isa 11:10 – In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples–of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
Rom 15:12 – And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope."
Whoever believes will not be put to shame
Isa 28:16 – therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.'
Rom 9:33 – as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
Rom 10:11 – For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."
1 Pet 2:6 – For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
“Prepare the way of the Lord”
Isa 40:3 – A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isa 40:4 – Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
Isa 40:5 – And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Mt 3:3 – For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'"
Mk 1:2 – As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,
Mk 1:3 – the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'"
Lk 3:4 – As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Lk 3:5 – Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways,
Lk 3:6 – and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
Jn 1:23 – He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
“Behold my servant, whom I have chosen”
Isa 42:1 – Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
Isa 42:2 – He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
Isa 42:3 – a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
Isa 42:4 – He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
Mt 12:18 – "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
Mt 12:19 – He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
Mt 12:20 – a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory;
Mt 12:21 – and in his name the Gentiles will hope."
The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light
Isa 42:7 – to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Mt 4:15 – "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles–
Mt 4:16 – the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned."
Every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess
Isa 45:23 – By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'
Rom 14:11 – for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases”
Isa 53:4 – Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Mt 8:17 – This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."
1 Pet 2:24 – He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Like a sheep led to the slaughter
Isa 53:7 – He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
Isa 53:8 – By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
Acts 8:32 – Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.
Acts 8:33 – In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth."
“Out of Egypt I called my son”
Hos 11:1 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Mt 2:15 – and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
He committed no sin
Isa 53:9 – And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
1 Pet 2:22 – He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
Numbered with the transgressors
Isa 53:12 – Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Mk 15:28 – And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”
Lk 22:37 – For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfillment."
Sure blessings of David
Isa 55:3 – Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
Acts 13:34 – And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, "'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
The Deliverer will come from Zion
Isa 59:20 – "And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," declares the LORD.
Rom 11:26 – And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
Rom 11:27 – "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
The Spirit of the Lord anointed Him
Isa 61:1 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Isa 61:2 – to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
Lk 4:18 – "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Lk 4:19 – to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
A new covenant
Jer 31:31 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
Jer 31:32 – not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD.
Jer 31:33 – But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 – And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Heb 8:8 – For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
Heb 8:9 – not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
Heb 8:10 – For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Heb 8:11 – And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
Heb 8:12 – For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more."
“Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”
Joel 2:32 – And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls.
Acts 2:21 – And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
Rom 10:13 – For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
From Bethlehem
Mic 5:2 – But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.
Mt 2:6 – "'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"
The King on a donkey
Zech 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Mt 21:5 – "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"
Jn 12:14 – And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
Jn 12:15 – "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"
Sold with thirty pieces of silver
Zech 11:13 – Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"–the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD, to the potter.
Mt 27:9 – Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,
Mt 27:10 – and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."
“They will look on him whom they have pierced”
Zech 12:10 – "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
Jn 19:37 – And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."
“I will strike the shepherd”
Zech 13:7 – "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," declares the LORD of hosts."Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Mt 26:31 – Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
Mk 14:27 – And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Scriptures cited as referring to events or circumstances related to Christ
Children crying out in the temple
Ps 8:2 – Out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
Mt 21:16 – and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?"
The people not understanding nor perceiving
Isa 6:9 – And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isa 6:10 – Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
Mt 13:14 – Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Mk 4:12 – so that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven."
Lk 8:10 – he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Jn 12:40 – "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
The people honor God with their lips
Isa 29:13 – And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
Mt 15:8 – "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
Mt 15:9 – in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"
Mk 7:6 – And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
Mk 7:7 – in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
Who has believed?
Isa 53:1 – Who has believed what they heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Jn 12:38 – so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
Elijah the prophet to turn hearts
Mal 4:5 – "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
Mal 4:6 – And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction."
Lk 1:17 – and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
Scriptures with parallel connection to Christ
The serpent lifted up
Num 21:9 – So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
Jn 3:14 – And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Ps 22:1 – My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
Mt 27:46 – And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Mk 15:34 – And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
“Into your hand I commit my spirit”
Ps 31:5 – Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.
Lk 23:46 – Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.
The sign of Jonah
Jon 1:17 – And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Mt 12:40 – For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mt 16:4 – An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.
