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The longest gap of each book: the longest run of consecutive verses of the book that no citation names, in verses. A gap is counted inside one book only, never across the end of a book; a book without any citation has a gap of its whole length. By default a verse counts when a citation names it explicitly (counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE).

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A citation without a reference whose sentence also stands in another verse (an identical or nearly identical parallel; formulas do not count) could come from any of these verses. By default it is not counted. Ticked, it counts once for each of these verses. Citations whose sentence stands in one verse only always count. Computed on request.

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Inclusion profile: Official official@2
The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. More on the methodology page
Verse sequence (canon and numbering): Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering) prot66.nrf
The default: the 66 books of the Protestant Bible in the order and verse numbering of the King James Version. About this sequence
Counting rule: Named verses only CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. More on the methodology page

* marks the default. The default view is computed once per epoch; other choices are computed on request. Explanations of profiles and counting rules are on the methodology page.

Verse sequence: Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering) (prot66.nrf). Counts and denominators depend on it.

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Gap: consecutive verses of one book without a citation in the chosen data, counted inside the book only (never across a book end). A book without any citation counts its whole length. Every gap with a threshold: Citation gaps.

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Longest gap per book (verses)
BookLongest gap (verses)Share of the bookVerses of the bookWhere
Genesis553.6%1,533GEN 42:2–GEN 43:18
Exodus14812.2%1,213EXO 35:30–EXO 40:1
Leviticus728.4%859LEV 14:19–LEV 15:33
Numbers13210.2%1,289NUM 7:1–NUM 9:17
Deuteronomy737.6%959DEU 28:13–DEU 29:17
Joshua6610%658JOS 18:11–JOS 19:48
Judges518.3%618JDG 9:16–JDG 10:9
Ruth5160%85RUT 2:13–RUT 4:22
1 Samuel222.7%8111SA 30:10–1SA 30:31
2 Samuel9113.1%6952SA 19:1–2SA 21:22
1 Kings465.6%8171KI 2:4–1KI 3:3
2 Kings283.9%7192KI 2:25–2KI 3:27
1 Chronicles28630.3%9431CH 4:11–1CH 11:8
2 Chronicles14717.9%8222CH 7:15–2CH 14:10
Ezra6322.5%280EZR 1:8–EZR 2:59
Nehemiah7919.5%406NEH 7:2–NEH 8:7
Esther2816.8%167EST 3:1–EST 4:13
Job50.5%1,070JOB 26:1–JOB 26:5
Psalms40.2%2,528PSA 64:5–PSA 64:8
Proverbs101.1%915PRO 27:18–PRO 27:27
Ecclesiastes10.5%222ECC 6:9
Song of Songs21.7%117SNG 2:4–SNG 2:5
Isaiah110.9%1,291ISA 44:9–ISA 44:19
Jeremiah856.2%1,364JER 35:16–JER 38:28
Lamentations10.6%154LAM 2:5
Ezekiel171.3%1,273EZK 23:5–EZK 23:21
Daniel30.8%357DAN 3:9–DAN 3:11
Hosea21%197HOS 4:9–HOS 4:10
Joel56.8%73JOL 1:14–JOL 1:18
Amos21.4%146AMO 8:13–AMO 8:14
Obadiah14.8%21OBA 1:7
Jonah00%48–
Micah54.8%105MIC 6:10–MIC 6:14
Nahum714.9%47NAM 2:1–NAM 2:7
Habakkuk712.5%56HAB 1:6–HAB 1:12
Zephaniah35.7%53ZEP 3:4–ZEP 3:6
Haggai00%38–
Zechariah20.9%211ZEC 3:10–ZEC 4:1
Malachi35.5%55MAL 1:12–MAL 1:14
Matthew10.1%1,071MAT 11:1
Mark30.4%678MRK 1:36–MRK 1:38
Luke10.1%1,151LUK 4:37
John00%879–
Acts40.4%1,006ACT 25:14–ACT 25:17
Romans00%433–
1 Corinthians20.5%4371CO 12:29–1CO 12:30
2 Corinthians00%256–
Galatians00%149–
Ephesians00%155–
Philippians21.9%104PHP 1:16–PHP 1:17
Colossians00%95–
1 Thessalonians00%89–
2 Thessalonians00%47–
1 Timothy00%113–
2 Timothy11.2%832TI 4:9
Titus00%46–
Philemon14%25PHM 1:14
Hebrews00%303–
James10.9%108JAS 2:6
1 Peter11%1051PE 4:4
2 Peter23.3%612PE 1:14–2PE 1:15
1 John00%105–
2 John00%13–
3 John00%15–
Jude00%25–
Revelation30.7%405REV 18:12–REV 18:14

Top verses of Matthew

The verses of this book with the most verse-level uses, ranked within the book as in the Top 100 verses (counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE: a reference to a whole chapter does not raise every verse of that chapter here). At most 100 verses; the chart options above do not apply to this list.

Top verses of Matthew by verse-level uses
RankVerseHow often the verses of this row were cited. Every citation counts once for each verse it covers, so a citation of three verses adds 3. Repetitions and partial verses follow the counting rule shown under "How this was computed".
1MAT 11:28 Trend 62
2MAT 7:7 Trend 48
3MAT 7:14 Trend 46
4MAT 6:33 Trend 45
4MAT 7:12 Trend 45
4MAT 28:19 Trend 45
7MAT 1:21 Trend 43
8MAT 5:14 Trend 42
9MAT 5:16 Trend 41
10MAT 28:20 Trend 40
11MAT 5:6 Trend 38
12MAT 6:10 Trend 37
12MAT 6:25 Trend 37
12MAT 7:8 Trend 37
15MAT 7:13 Trend 36
16MAT 6:13 Trend 35
17MAT 5:8 Trend 34
17MAT 5:9 Trend 34
17MAT 6:11 Trend 34
17MAT 18:20 Trend 34
17MAT 22:37 Trend 34
22MAT 6:9 Trend 33
23MAT 5:4 Trend 32
23MAT 22:39 Trend 32
25MAT 5:44 Trend 31
25MAT 7:24 Trend 31
25MAT 24:35 Trend 31
28MAT 1:20 Trend 29
28MAT 5:45 Trend 29
30MAT 4:4 Trend 27
31MAT 6:8 Trend 26
31MAT 22:38 Trend 26
33MAT 5:3 Trend 25
33MAT 11:27 Trend 25
33MAT 11:29 Trend 25
33MAT 28:18 Trend 25
37MAT 3:2 Trend 24
37MAT 5:5 Trend 24
37MAT 5:7 Trend 24
37MAT 6:19 Trend 24
37MAT 6:20 Trend 24
37MAT 6:34 Trend 24
43MAT 5:17 Trend 23
43MAT 7:2 Trend 23
45MAT 1:23 Trend 22
45MAT 6:6 Trend 22
45MAT 6:12 Trend 22
45MAT 16:18 Trend 22
45MAT 25:21 Trend 22
45MAT 25:40 Trend 22
51MAT 7:1 Trend 21
51MAT 8:26 Trend 21
53MAT 1:1 Trend 20
53MAT 6:1 Trend 20
53MAT 6:24 Trend 20
53MAT 6:26 Trend 20
53MAT 9:13 Trend 20
53MAT 11:5 Trend 20
59MAT 5:10 Trend 19
59MAT 5:11 Trend 19
59MAT 5:28 Trend 19
59MAT 6:14 Trend 19
59MAT 17:5 Trend 19
59MAT 25:34 Trend 19
65MAT 2:6 Trend 18
65MAT 6:21 Trend 18
65MAT 6:27 Trend 18
65MAT 8:11 Trend 18
65MAT 11:25 Trend 18
65MAT 14:31 Trend 18
65MAT 20:28 Trend 18
72MAT 2:11 Trend 17
72MAT 5:15 Trend 17
72MAT 8:8 Trend 17
72MAT 19:14 Trend 17
72MAT 19:21 Trend 17
72MAT 24:20 Trend 17
72MAT 26:41 Trend 17
79MAT 5:12 Trend 16
79MAT 5:43 Trend 16
79MAT 8:27 Trend 16
79MAT 16:16 Trend 16
79MAT 16:25 Trend 16
79MAT 18:3 Trend 16
79MAT 18:15 Trend 16
79MAT 19:17 Trend 16
79MAT 19:26 Trend 16
79MAT 24:14 Trend 16
89MAT 1:25 Trend 15
89MAT 2:2 Trend 15
89MAT 2:10 Trend 15
89MAT 5:32 Trend 15
89MAT 6:3 Trend 15
89MAT 6:31 Trend 15
89MAT 7:11 Trend 15
89MAT 7:21 Trend 15
89MAT 9:21 Trend 15
89MAT 9:36 Trend 15
89MAT 10:39 Trend 15
89MAT 11:30 Trend 15
89*MAT 12:40 Trend 15
89*MAT 14:30 Trend 15
89*MAT 20:15 Trend 15
89*MAT 24:19 Trend 15
89*MAT 24:30 Trend 15
89*MAT 26:52 Trend 15

* Tied with the last rank: all tied entries are shown.

1,070 verses of this book have at least one verse-level use; the list shows the first 100.

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How this was computed: rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 114
Metric
Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
Counting rule
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition)
Profile
The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
One computation of all public numbers. A new epoch is computed every 15 minutes; its numbers are provisional until a data release is frozen. (definition)
114, published Nov 6, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC (provisional)
The order of books, chapters and verses the chart follows: a canon with its verse numbering (versification). (definition)
prot66.nrf, The state of the verse mappings between the numbering systems that was used. Verses of different Bibles are counted together through these mappings. (definition)
How many approved entries match this chart, and from how many sources they come. (definition)
69,262, from 7 sources
Which part of the total rests on less certain ground: uncertain verse mappings, lower bounds (e.g. a repetition count that is not known) and references to whole chapters. (definition)
uncertain mappings 0%, lower bounds 100%, chapter references 0%
Passages whose reference could not be turned into verses (e.g. an unknown book or a verse that does not exist). They are not counted. (definition)
60
Verse-level uses that fall on verses outside the canon of this chart (e.g. deuterocanonical books in a Protestant canon). They are not part of the chart. (definition)
789
Citations that could come from several verses
0 citations without a reference could come from several verses (the same sentence stands in another verse); they are not counted. With the chart option “Count ambiguous references” they count for every possible verse.
The status of each verse position in this chart. A verse without uses is never just zero: the status says why. (definition)
At least one use was recorded. (definition) 19,199,A verse label of this numbering that is not yet linked to a neutral verse unit. Its citations cannot be counted until it is mapped. (definition) 1,The second place of a verse that an edition prints twice. It gets no counts, so nothing is counted twice. (definition) 56,No recorded use, but the sources do not say whether they cover this verse completely. Most sources do not declare their coverage, so this is the usual state of a verse without uses. (definition) 11,972

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