1 John 3:12

The Text-Critical English New Testament

We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but the deeds of his brother were righteous.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. The tares are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 23:35

As a result, all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth will come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:23

Then the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Let him be crucified!”

Matthew 5:37

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No’; for whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the house of God. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held accountable.

John 10:32

In response Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of these works are you going to stone me?”

John 8:40

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do such a thing.

John 8:41

You are doing the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of fornication. We have one Father—God.”

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become,

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you suffered the same things from your own countrymen that they did from the Jews,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 12:24

And you have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised when you do not run with them into the same flood of debauchery, so they revile you.

1 John 3:8

Whoever practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, they rushed for reward to the error of Balaam, and they perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.