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Matthew 20:16

WEB

16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

KJV

16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

BSB

16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

FBV

16In this way the last shall be first and the first shall be last.”

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Extra References

Matthew 19:30

30But many will be last who are first, and first who are last.


Mark 10:31

31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”


Matthew 22:14

14For many are called, but few chosen.”


Luke 15:7

7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.


Luke 13:28-30

28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside. 29They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom. 30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”


Romans 9:30

30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;


Romans 8:30

30[+] Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.


Matthew 7:13

13Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.


James 1:23-25

23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; 24for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.


Luke 14:24

24For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”