<Ul> <Li> Bible portal </Li> </Ul> <P> There are in all two hundred and eighty - three direct quotations from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in the New Testament . </P> <P> In about ninety instances, the Septuagint is literally quoted . In around eighty further instances, the quote is altered in some way . For example, at Matthew 21: 42 Jesus says "Did ye never read in the scriptures that the stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner?" - a reference to Psalm 118: 22 . Likewise, Mark 12: 10 . The Epistle of Jude quotes the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1: 9) and the Assumption of Moses . </P>

Where is the septuagint quoted in the new testament