Below is a sampling of some of the references of the Deuterocanonical books contained in the New Testament.
Daniel
| …and he cried with a loud voice, “I am innocent of the blood of this woman.” (Daniel 13:46) | So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this righteous man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” (Matthew 27:24) |
Baruch
| Behold, your sons are coming, whom you sent away; they are coming, gathered from east and west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God. (Baruch 4:37) | And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God. (John 3:13) |
Sirach
| Be quick to hear, and be deliberate in answering. (Sirach 5:11) | Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, (James 1:19) |
Wisdom
| The branches will be broken off before they come to maturity, and their fruit will be useless, not ripe enough to eat, and good for nothing. (Wisdom 4:5) | If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned. (John 15:6) |
Tobit
| Be brave, my child; the Lord of heaven and earth grant you joy in place of this sorrow of yours. (Tobit 7:18) | At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; (Matthew 11:25) |
Judith
| Woe to the nations that rise up against my people! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment; fire and worms he will give to their flesh; they shall weep in pain for ever. (Judith 16:17) | …it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:47-48) |
1 Maccabees
| Now on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the one hundred and forty-fifth year, they erected a desolating sacrilege upon the altar of burnt offering. (1 Maccabees 1:54) | But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; (Mark 13:14) |
2 Maccabees
| And Jeremiah came and found a cave, and he brought there the tent and the ark and the altar of incense, and he sealed up the entrance. Some of those who followed him came up to mark the way, but could not find it. When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: “The place shall be unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy. And then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord and the cloud will appear, as they were shown in the case of Moses, and as Solomon asked that the place should be specially consecrated.” (2 Maccabees 2:5-8) | Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, loud noises, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail. (Revelation 11:19) |
Jimmy Akin has a comprehensive list of all the possible allusions to the Deuterocanonical books on his blog.
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