Bible Verses About Quotations and Allusions

for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God--cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

Then saith Jesus to him, `Go--Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

`Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --

the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death--light arose to them.'

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

and then I will acknowledge to them, that--I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, `Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice--ye had not condemned the blameless,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

and in his name shall nations hope.'

and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'