Matthew 19:21
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Bible text
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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Statistics
- 17 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 17 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #924 Rank? Rank 924 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 23,908 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
17 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
Topics of this verse
- Helping the poor
- Marrying a divorced woman
- Finances
- Giving to the needy
- Homelessness
- Helping those in need
- Marriage reconciliation
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?
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 13 uses
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 3 uses
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 use
Uses?
17 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jan 14, 2025
- Cited as
- Matthäus 19,21
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2025 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2025-01-14
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 20, 2011
- Cited as
- Matthäus 19,21
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2011
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2011-01-20
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 17, 2011
- Cited as
- Matthäus 19,21
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 17. Januar 2011
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2011-01-17
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Mar 24, 2003
- Cited as
- Matthäus 19,21
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 24. März 2003
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2003-03-24
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Matthew
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1055 – Dec 31, 1126
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21-22
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Matthew
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Theophylact of Ohrid
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 836 – Dec 31, 908
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Catena Aurea by Aquinas
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Remigius of Auxerre
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 445 – Dec 31, 523
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 9 -- Second Discourse on Poverty
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Philoxenus of Mabbug
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Oriental Orthodox
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Oriental Orthodox
- Language
- syc
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 445 – Dec 31, 523
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 9 -- Second Discourse on Poverty
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Philoxenus of Mabbug
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Oriental Orthodox
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Oriental Orthodox
- Language
- syc
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 354 – Dec 31, 430
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, SERMON
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Augustine of Hippo
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Matthew
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- 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)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- 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)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- Matthew 19:21
- 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)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:MAT.019.021
- 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
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - 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