This page examines those places in the New Testament where the Old is quoted. My purpose is to show which quotes came from the LXX, which from the MT, or which were some sort of hybrid. I hope you will be convinced for yourself that the apostles and early church viewed the Septuagint as the Word of God, as should we.
When I put MT or LXX in parenthesis, it means the quote most closely matches that version. If there is an asterisk, it means I consider that this is a clear example of the superiority of the LXX. In some cases, there is no clear winner; so, I declare a tie. In other cases the quote does not match either; so, I put “neither.”
Pete Beck III
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| Gospels | Acts | Letters | Revelation |
| Matthew 1:1 (LXX) | Acts 1:20-21 (LXX) | Romans 1:17 (LXX) | Rev. 2:26-27 (LXX) |
| Matthew 1:18-23 (LXX) | Acts 2:17-21 (LXX) | Romans 2:24 (LXX) | |
| Matthew 2:6 (neither) | Acts 2:25-28 (LXX) | Romans 3:4 (LXX) | |
| Matthew 2:13-15 (MT) | Acts 2:34-35 (LXX) | Romans 3:10-18 (LXX) * | |
| Matthew 2:17-18 (MT) | Romans 4:3 (LXX) | ||
| Matthew 2:23 (neither) | Romans 4:17 (LXX) * | ||
| Matthew 3:1-3 (LXX) | Romans 8:36 (LXX) | ||
| Matthew 4:4 (LXX) | Romans 9:12-13 (Tie) | ||
| Matthew 4:5-7 (LXX) | Romans 9:15 (LXX) | ||
| Matthew 4:10 (neither) | Romans 9:17 (MT) | ||
| Matthew 4:14-16 (MT) | Romans 9:25-26 (LXX) | ||
| Matthew 8:17 (Neither) | Romans 9:27-29 (LXX) | ||
| Matthew 11:2-6 (Neither) | Romans 9:33 (Tie) | ||
| Matthew 11:10 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 12:18-21 (Neither) | |||
| Matthew 12:38-41 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 13:13-15 (Tie) | |||
| Matthew 13:35 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 15:4 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 15:7-9 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 18:15-16 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 19:4-5 (LXX) | |||
| Matthew 19:7 (Tie) | |||
| Matthew 19:18-19 (MT) | |||