Matthew 19:9
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Bible text
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
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Statistics
- 11 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 11 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #1,934 Rank? Rank 1,934 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 23,896 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
11 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
- Jesusvia pronoun
"Via pronoun": the verse does not name the person but refers to them, for example with "he" or "her"; the link comes from the grammatical analysis of the Hebrew or Greek text.
Topics of this verse
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
11 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Matthew
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Paris
- Venue
- Naples
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0495
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Catena Aurea by Aquinas
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Pseudo-Chrysostom
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Matthew
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Bethlehem
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Catena Aurea by Aquinas
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Bethlehem
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Homily on the Gospel of Matthew
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- John Chrysostom
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Antakya
- Venue
- Istanbul
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Catena Aurea by Aquinas
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Alexandria
- Venue
- Or Akiva
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 145 – Dec 31, 220
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Stromata Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Clement of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Alexandria
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0195
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, A Plea for the Christians
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Athenagoras of Athens
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Athens
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0180
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:3-9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, To Autolycus, Book III, Chapter
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Theophilus of Antioch
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Antakya
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 95 – Dec 31, 170
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9-12
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The First Apology, Chapter XV
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Justin Martyr
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Venue
- Rome
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0155
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:MAT.019.009
- 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
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only 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) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 131, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R9 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary