Matthew

Matthew is the 40th book of the Bible, the first book of the New Testament, and the first of the four Gospels. It comes after Malachi and before Mark. Alternate titles are The Gospel according to Matthew, The Gospel of Matthew. Its common abbreviations are Mt., Mat., and Matt. In the English Standard Version (ESV), Matthew has 28 chapters, 1,067 verses, and 22,646 words, with an average of 38.12 verses and 808.79 words per chapter and an average of 21.22 words per verse. The middle verse is _________. The most popular verses are _________.