Zechariah 6:12

New American Bible - revised edition

And say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: There is a man whose name is Branch —and from his place he will branch out and he will build the temple of the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

He it is who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.

Ezra 3:10

While the builders were laying the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests in their vestments were stationed with trumpets and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals to praise the Lord in the manner laid down by David, king of Israel.

Ezra 3:8

In the year after their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, son of Jozadak, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began by appointing the Levites twenty years of age and over to supervise the work on the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 11:1

But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.

Isaiah 4:2

On that day, The branch of the Lord will be beauty and glory, and the fruit of the land will be honor and splendor for the survivors of Israel.

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye, no beauty to draw us to him.

Jeremiah 23:5

See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord— when I will raise up a righteous branch for David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 33:15

In those days, at that time, I will make a just shoot spring up for David; he shall do what is right and just in the land.

Ezekiel 37:25

They shall live on the land I gave to Jacob my servant, the land where their ancestors lived; they shall live on it always, they, their children, and their children’s children, with David my servant as their prince forever.

Ezekiel 41:1

Then he brought me to the nave and measured the posts; each was six cubits wide.

Amos 9:11

On that day I will raise up the fallen hut of David; I will wall up its breaches, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Micah 5:5

They shall tend the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword; They will deliver us from Assyria, when it invades our land, when it treads upon our borders.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the one who is my associate —oracle of the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Zechariah 3:8

“Hear, O Joshua, high priest! You and your associates who sit before you! For they are signs of things to come! I will surely bring my servant the Branch.

Zechariah 8:9

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words which were spoken by the prophets when the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid for the building of the temple.

Matthew 16:18

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 26:61

who stated, “This man said, ‘I can destroy the temple of God and within three days rebuild it.’”

Mark 14:58

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.’”

Mark 15:29

Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Mark 15:39

When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Luke 1:78

because of the tender mercy of our God by which the daybreak from on high will visit us

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”

John 19:5

So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And he said to them, “Behold, the man!”

Acts 13:38

You must know, my brothers, that through him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you, [and] in regard to everything from which you could not be justified under the law of Moses,

Acts 17:31

because he has established a day on which he will ‘judge the world with justice’ through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead.”

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Hebrews 10:12

But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;

Hebrews 7:24

but he, because he remains forever, has a priesthood that does not pass away.

Hebrews 7:4

See how great he is to whom the patriarch “Abraham [indeed] gave a tenth” of his spoils.

Hebrews 8:3

Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus the necessity for this one also to have something to offer.