Quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Many of the references in the following table are direct quotations; others are paraphrases or close allusions to older scriptural texts.
NT Passage | OT Source | . | NT Passage | OT Source | . | NT Passage | OT Source |
Matthew 1:3b-6a | Ruth 4:18-22 | John 1:23 | Isaiah 40:3 | 1 Corinthians 1:19 | Isaiah 29:14 | ||
Matthew 1:23a | Isaiah 7:14 | John 2:17 | Psalm 69:9 | 1 Corinthians 1:31 | Jeremiah 9:24 | ||
Matthew 1:23b | Isaiah 8:8, 10 | John 6:31 | Psalm 78:24 | 1 Corinthians 2:9 | Isaiah 64:4 | ||
Matthew 2:6 | Micah 5:2 | John 6:45 | Isaiah 54:13 | 1 Corinthians 2:16 | Isaiah 40:13 | ||
Matthew 2:15 | Hosea 11:1 | John 10:34 | Psalm 82:6 | 1 Corinthians 3:19 | Job 5:13 | ||
Matthew 2:18 | Jeremiah 31:15 | John 12:13 | Psalm 118:25-26 | 1 Corinthians 3:20 | Psalm 94:11 | ||
Matthew 2:23 | Isaiah 11:1 | John 12:15 | Zechariah 9:9 | 1 Corinthians 5:13 | Deuteronomy 17:7 | ||
Matthew 3:3 | Isaiah 40:3 | John 12:38 | Isaiah 53:1 | 1 Corinthians 6:16 | Genesis 2:24 | ||
Matthew 4:4 | Deuteronomy 8:3 | John 12:40 | Isaiah 6:10 | 1 Corinthians 9:9 | Deuteronomy 25:4 | ||
Matthew 4:6 | Psalm 91:11-12 | John 13:18 | Psalm 41:9 | 1 Corinthians 10:7 | Exodus 32:6 | ||
Matthew 4:7 | Deuteronomy 6:16 | John 15:25 | Psalm 35:19 | 1 Corinthians 10:26 | Psalm 24:1 | ||
Matthew 4:10 | Deuteronomy 6:13 | John 15:25 | Psalm 69:4 | 1 Corinthians 14:21 | Isaiah 28:11-12 | ||
Matthew 4:15-16 | Isaiah 9:1-2 | John 19:24 | Psalm 22:18 | 1 Corinthians 15:27 | Psalm 8:6 | ||
Matthew 5:21 | Exodus 20:13 | John 19:36 | Exodus 12:46 | 1 Corinthians 15:32 | Isaiah 22:13 | ||
Matthew 5:21 | Deuteronomy 5:17 | John 19:36 | Numbers 9:12 | 1 Corinthians 15:45 | Genesis 2:7 | ||
Matthew 5:27 | Exodus 20:14 | John 19:37 | Zechariah 12:10 | 1 Corinthians 15:54 | Isaiah 25:8 | ||
Matthew 5:27 | Deuteronomy 5:18 | . | . | 1 Corinthians 15:55 | Hosea 13:14 | ||
Matthew 5:31 | Deuteronomy 24:1 | Acts 1:20a | Psalm 69:25 | . | . | ||
Matthew 5:33 | Leviticus 19:12 | Acts 1:20b | Psalm 109:8 | 2 Corinthians 4:13 | Psalm 116:10 | ||
Matthew 5:33 | Numbers 30:2 | Acts 2:17-21 | Joel 2:28-32 | 2 Corinthians 6:2 | Isaiah 49:8 | ||
Matthew 5:38 | Exodus 21:24 | Acts 2:25-28 | Psalm 16:8-11 | 2 Corinthians 6:16 | Leviticus 26:12 | ||
Matthew 5:38 | Leviticus 24:20 | Acts 2:30 | Psalm 132:11 | 2 Corinthians 6:16 | Ezekiel 37:27 | ||
Matthew 5:38 | Deuteronomy 19:21 | Acts 2:31 | Psalm 16:10 | 2 Corinthians 6:17a | Isaiah 52:11 | ||
Matthew 5:43 | Leviticus 19:18 | Acts 2:34-35 | Psalm 110:1 | 2 Corinthians 6:17b | Ezekiel 20:34 | ||
Matthew 8:17 | Isaiah 53:4 | Acts 3:13 | Exodus 3:6, 15 | 2 Corinthians 6:18 | 2 Samuel 7:8, 14 | ||
Matthew 9:13a | Hosea 6:6 | Acts 3:22 | Deuteronomy 18:15-16 | 2 Corinthians 8:15 | Exodus 16:18 | ||
Matthew 10:35-36 | Micah 7:6 | Acts 3:23a | Deuteronomy 18:19 | 2 Corinthians 9:9 | Psalm 112:9 | ||
Matthew 11:10 | Malachi 3:1 | Acts 3:23b | Leviticus 23:29 | 2 Corinthians 10:17 | Jeremiah 9:24 | ||
Matthew 11:23a | Isaiah 14:13, 15 | Acts 3:25 | Genesis 22:18 | 2 Corinthians 13:1 | Deuteronomy 19:15 | ||
Matthew 12:7 | Hosea 6:6 | Acts 3:25 | Genesis 26:4 | . | . | ||
Matthew 12:18-21 | Isaiah 42:1-4 | Acts 4:11 | Psalm 118:22 | Galatians 3:6 | Genesis 15:6 | ||
Matthew 12:40 | Jonah 1:17 | Acts 4:25-26 | Psalm 2:1-2 | Galatians 3:8 | Genesis 12:3 | ||
Matthew 13:14-15 | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Acts 7:3 | Genesis 12:1 | Galatians 3:8 | Genesis 18:18 | ||
Matthew 13:35 | Psalm 78:2-3 | Acts 7:5 | Genesis 17:8 | Galatians 3:10 | Deuteronomy 27:26 | ||
Matthew 15:4a | Exodus 20:12 | Acts 7:5 | Genesis 48:4 | Galatians 3:11 | Habakkuk 2:4 | ||
Matthew 15:4a | Deuteronomy 5:16 | Acts 7:6-7 | Genesis 15:13-14 | Galatians 3:12 | Leviticus 18:5 | ||
Matthew 15:4b | Exodus 21:17 | Acts 7:7 | Exodus 3:12 | Galatians 3:13 | Deuteronomy 21:23 | ||
Matthew 15:8-9 | Isaiah 29:13 | Acts 7:18 | Exodus 1:8 | Galatians 3:16 | Genesis 12:7 | ||
Matthew 18:16 | Deuteronomy 19:15 | Acts 7:27-28 | Exodus 2:14 | Galatians 4:27 | Isaiah 54:1 | ||
Matthew 19:4 | Genesis 1:27 | Acts 7:30 | Exodus 3:2 | Galatians 4:30 | Genesis 21:10 | ||
Matthew 19:4 | Genesis 5:2 | Acts 7:32 | Exodus 3:6 | Galatians 5:14 | Leviticus 19:18 | ||
Matthew 19:5 | Genesis 2:24 | Acts 7:33 | Exodus 3:5 | . | . | ||
Matthew 19:7 | Deuteronomy 24:1 | Acts 7:34 | Exodus 3:7-8, 10 | Ephesians 4:8 | Psalm 68:18 | ||
Matthew 19:18-19a | Exodus 20:12-16 | Acts 7:35 | Exodus 2:14 | Ephesians 4:25 | Zechariah 8:16 | ||
Matthew 19:18-19a | Deuteronomy 5:16-20 | Acts 7:37 | Deuteronomy 18:15 | Ephesians 4:26 | Psalm 4:4 | ||
Matthew 19:19b | Leviticus 19:18 | Acts 7:40 | Exodus 32:1 | Ephesians 5:31 | Genesis 2:24 | ||
Matthew 21:5 | Isaiah 62:11 | Acts 7:40 | Exodus 32:23 | Ephesians 6:2-3 | Exodus 20:12 | ||
Matthew 21:5 | Zechariah 9:9 | Acts 7:42-43 | Amos 5:25-27 | Ephesians 6:2-3 | Deuteronomy 5:16 | ||
Matthew 21:9 | Psalm 118:25-26 | Acts 7:49-50 | Isaiah 66:1-2 | . | . | ||
Matthew 21:13 | Isaiah 56:7 | Acts 8:32-33 | Isaiah 53:7-8 | Philippians 2:10-11 | Isaiah 45:23b | ||
Matthew 21:16b | Psalm 8:2/3 | Acts 13:22a | Psalm 89:20 | . | . | ||
Matthew 21:42 | Psalm 118:22-23 | Acts 13:22b | 1 Samuel 13:14 | 1 Timothy 5:18 | Deuteronomy 25:4 | ||
Matthew 22:24 | Deuteronomy 25:5 | Acts 13:33 | Psalm 2:7 | . | . | ||
Matthew 22:32a | Exodus 3:6, 15 | Acts 13:34 | Isaiah 55:3 | 2 Timothy 2:19 | Numbers 16:5 | ||
Matthew 22:37 | Deuteronomy 6:5 | Acts 13:35 | Psalm 16:10 | . | . | ||
Matthew 22:39 | Leviticus 19:18 | Acts 13:41 | Habakkuk 1:5 | Hebrews 1:5a | Psalm 2:7 | ||
Matthew 22:44 | Psalm 110:1 | Acts 13:47 | Isaiah 49:6 | Hebrews 1:5b | 2 Samuel 7:14 | ||
Matthew 23:39 | Psalm 118:26 | Acts 15:16-17 | Amos 9:11-12 | Hebrews 1:6 | Deuteronomy 32:43 | ||
Matthew 24:15 | Daniel 9:27b; 11:31; 12:11 | Acts 23:5 | Exodus 22:28 | Hebrews 1:7 | Psalm 104:4 | ||
Matthew 24:29 | Isaiah 13:10 | Acts 28:26-27 | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Hebrews 1:8-9 | Psalm 45:6-7 | ||
Matthew 24:30 | Daniel 7:13 | . | . | Hebrews 1:10-12 | Psalm 102:25-27 | ||
Matthew 26:31 | Zechariah 13:7 | Romans 1:17 | Habakkuk 2:4 | Hebrews 1:13 | Psalm 110:1 | ||
Matthew 26:64a | Psalm 110:1 | Romans 2:24 | Isaiah 52:5 | Hebrews 2:6-8 | Psalm 8:4-6 | ||
Matthew 26:64b | Daniel 7:13 | Romans 3:4 | Psalm 51:4 | Hebrews 2:12 | Psalm 22:22 | ||
Matthew 27:9-10 | Zechariah 11:12-13 | Romans 3:10-12 | Psalm 14:1-3 | Hebrews 2:13a | Isaiah 8:17 | ||
Matthew 27:46 | Psalm 22:1 | Romans 3:10-12 | Psalm 53:1-3 | Hebrews 2:13b | Isaiah 8:18 | ||
. | . | Romans 3:13a | Psalm 5:9 | Hebrews 3:7-11 | Psalm 95:7-11 | ||
Mark 1:2 | Malachi 3:1 | Romans 3:13b | Psalm 140:3 | Hebrews 3:15 | Psalm 95:7-8 | ||
Mark 1:3 | Isaiah 40:3 | Romans 3:14 | Psalm 10:7 | Hebrews 4:3,5 | Psalm 95:11 | ||
Mark 4:12 | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Romans 3:15-17 | Isaiah 59:7-8 | Hebrews 4:4 | Genesis 2:2 | ||
Mark 7:6-7 | Isaiah 29:13 | Romans 3:18 | Psalm 36:1 | Hebrews 4:7 | Psalm 95:7-8 | ||
Mark 7:10a | Exodus 20:12 | Romans 4:3 | Genesis 15:6 | Hebrews 5:5 | Psalm 2:7 | ||
Mark 7:10a | Deuteronomy 5:16 | Romans 4:7-8 | Psalm 32:1-2 | Hebrews 5:6 | Psalm 110:4 | ||
Mark 7:10b | Exodus 21:17 | Romans 4:9 | Genesis 15:6 | Hebrews 6:13-14 | Genesis 22:16-17 | ||
Mark 10:4 | Deuteronomy 24:1, 3 | Romans 4:17 | Genesis 17:5 | Hebrews 7:1-2 | Genesis 14:17-20 | ||
Mark 10:6 | Genesis 1:27 | Romans 4:18a | Genesis 17:5 | Hebrews 7:17,21 | Psalm 110:4 | ||
Mark 10:6 | Genesis 5:2 | Romans 4:18b | Genesis 15:5 | Hebrews 8:5 | Exodus 25:40 | ||
Mark 10:7-8 | Genesis 2:24 | Romans 4:22 | Genesis 15:6 | Hebrews 8:8-12 | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | ||
Mark 10:19 | Exodus 20:12-16 | Romans 7:7 | Exodus 20:17 | Hebrews 9:20 | Exodus 24:8 | ||
Mark 10:19 | Deuteronomy 5:16-20 | Romans 7:7 | Deuteronomy 5:21 | Hebrews 10:5-7 | Psalm 40:6-8 | ||
Mark 11:9-10 | Psalm 118:25-26 | Romans 8:36 | Psalm 44:22 | Hebrews 10:16-17 | Jeremiah 31:33-34 | ||
Mark 11:17 | Isaiah 56:7 | Romans 9:7 | Genesis 21:12 | Hebrews 10:28 | Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15 | ||
Mark 12:10-11 | Psalm 118:22-23 | Romans 9:9 | Genesis 18:10, 14 | Hebrews 10:30 | Deuteronomy 32:35-36 | ||
Mark 12:19 | Deuteronomy 25:5 | Romans 9:12 | Genesis 25:23 | Hebrews 10:37-38 | Habakkuk 2:3-4 | ||
Mark 12:26 | Exodus 3:6, 15 | Romans 9:13 | Malachi 1:2-3 | Hebrews 11:5 | Genesis 5:24 | ||
Mark 12:29-30 | Deuteronomy 6:4-5 | Romans 9:15 | Exodus 33:19 | Hebrews 11:18 | Genesis 21:12 | ||
Mark 12:31 | Leviticus 19:18 | Romans 9:17 | Exodus 9:16 | Hebrews 11:21 | Genesis 47:31 | ||
Mark 12:32a | Deuteronomy 6:4 | Romans 9:25 | Hosea 2:23 | Hebrews 12:5-6 | Proverbs 3:11-12 | ||
Mark 12:32b | Deuteronomy 4:35 | Romans 9:26 | Hosea 1:10 | Hebrews 12:20 | Exodus 19:12-13 | ||
Mark 12:32b | Isaiah 45:21 | Romans 9:27-28 | Isaiah 10:22-23 | Hebrews 12:21 | Deuteronomy 9:19 | ||
Mark 12:33a | Deuteronomy 6:5 | Romans 9:29 | Isaiah 1:9 | Hebrews 12:26 | Haggai 2:6 | ||
Mark 12:33b | Leviticus 19:18 | Romans 9:33 | Isaiah 8:14 | Hebrews 13:5 | Deuteronomy 31:6, 8 | ||
Mark 12:36 | Psalm 110:1 | Romans 9:33 | Isaiah 28:16 | Hebrews 13:6 | Psalm 118:6 | ||
Mark 13:26 | Daniel 7:13 | Romans 10:5 | Leviticus 18:5 | . | . | ||
Mark 14:27 | Zechariah 13:7 | Romans 10:6 | Deuteronomy 9:4 | James 2:8 | Leviticus 19:18 | ||
Mark 14:62a | Psalm 110:1 | Romans 10:6-8 | Deuteronomy 30:12-14 | James 2:11 | Exodus 20:13, 14 | ||
Mark 14:62b | Daniel 7:13 | Romans 10:11 | Isaiah 28:16 | James 2:11 | Deuteronomy 5:17, 18 | ||
Mark 15:34 | Psalm 22:1 | Romans 10:13 | Joel 2:32 | James 2:23 | Genesis 15:6 | ||
. | . | Romans 10:15 | Isaiah 52:7 | James 4:6 | Proverbs 3:34 | ||
Luke 2:23 | Exodus 13:2, 12, 15 | Romans 10:16 | Isaiah 53:1 | . | . | ||
Luke 2:24 | Leviticus 12:8 | Romans 10:18 | Psalm 19:4 | 1 Peter 1:16 | Leviticus 19:2 | ||
Luke 3:4-6 | Isaiah 40:3-5 | Romans 10:19 | Deuteronomy 32:21 | 1 Peter 1:24-25 | Isaiah 40:6-8 | ||
Luke 4:4 | Deuteronomy 8:3 | Romans 10:20 | Isaiah 65:1 | 1 Peter 2:6 | Isaiah 28:16 | ||
Luke 4:8 | Deuteronomy 6:13 | Romans 10:21 | Isaiah 65:2 | 1 Peter 2:7 | Psalm 118:22 | ||
Luke 4:10-11 | Psalm 91:11-12 | Romans 11:3 | 1 Kings 19:10, 14 | 1 Peter 2:8 | Isaiah 8:14 | ||
Luke 4:12 | Deuteronomy 6:16 | Romans 11:4 | 1 Kings 19:18 | 1 Peter 2:9a | Isaiah 43:20 | ||
Luke 4:18-19 | Isaiah 61:1-2 | Romans 11:8 | Isaiah 29:10 | 1 Peter 2:9b | Exodus 19:6 | ||
Luke 4:18 | Isaiah 58:6 | Romans 11:8 | Deuteronomy 29:4 | 1 Peter 2:9c | Isaiah 43:21 | ||
Luke 7:27 | Malachi 3:1 | Romans 11:9-10 | Psalm 69:22-23 | 1 Peter 2:22 | Isaiah 53:9 | ||
Luke 8:10 | Isaiah 6:9 | Romans 11:26-27a | Isaiah 59:20-21 | 1 Peter 3:10-12 | Psalm 34:12-16 | ||
Luke 10:27a | Deuteronomy 6:5 | Romans 11:27b | Isaiah 27:9 | 1 Peter 3:14 | Isaiah 8:12 | ||
Luke 10:27b | Leviticus 19:18 | Romans 11:34 | Isaiah 40:13 | 1 Peter 4:18 | Proverbs 11:31 | ||
Luke 13:35 | Psalm 118:26 | Romans 11:35 | Job 41:11 | 1 Peter 5:5 | Proverbs 3:34 | ||
Luke 18:20 | Exodus 20:12-16 | Romans 12:19 | Deuteronomy 32:35 | . | . | ||
Luke 18:20 | Deuteronomy 5:16-20 | Romans 12:20 | Proverbs 25:21-22 | 2 Peter 2:22 | Proverbs 26:11 | ||
Luke 19:38 | Psalm 118:26 | Romans 13:9a | Exodus 20:13-15, 17 | ||||
Luke 19:46 | Isaiah 56:7 | Romans 13:9a | Deuteronomy 5:17-19, 21 | . | . | ||
Luke 20:17 | Psalm 118:22 | Romans 13:9b | Leviticus 19:18 | . | . | ||
Luke 20:28 | Deuteronomy 25:5 | Romans 14:11a | Isaiah 49:18 | . | . | ||
Luke 20:37 | Exodus 3:6 | Romans 14:11b | Isaiah 45:23 | . | . | ||
Luke 20:42-43 | Psalm 110:1 | Romans 15:3 | Psalm 69:9 | . | . | ||
Luke 21:27 | Daniel 7:13 | Romans 15:9 | Psalm 18:49 | . | . | ||
Luke 22:37 | Isaiah 53:12 | Romans 15:9 | 2 Samuel 22:50 | . | . | ||
Luke 22:69 | Psalm 110:1 | Romans 15:10 | Deuteronomy 32:43 | . | . | ||
Luke 23:30 | Hosea 10:8 | Romans 15:11 | Psalm 117:1 | . | . | ||
Luke 23:46 | Psalm 31:5 | Romans 15:12 | Isaiah 11:10 | . | . | ||
. | . | Romans 15:21 | Isaiah 52:15 | . | . |
See also the same material arranged in Old Testament Canonical Order.