Books of the Bible / Matthew
Random Verse from Matthew
Roll a random verse from Matthew -- 28 chapters, 1,071 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,”
Matthew 19:4
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Matthew (summary)
Matthew is book 40 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 28 chapters and 1,071 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Matthew compared to other books of the Bible?
Matthew is the 9th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 1,071 verses across 28 chapters -- an average of 38.3 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Matthew sit among the other New Testament books?
Matthew is book 1 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 40 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Matthew?
Malachi comes directly before it (4 chapters). Mark comes directly after it (16 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 1,071 verses in Matthew -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.