Matthew 20:16

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard

¹⁵ Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?' ¹⁶ So shall the last be first and the first last." ¹⁷ Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

Chosen Ones

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Chosen One

Matthew 19:30

Many who are first shall be last, and many who are last shall be first.

Mark 10:31

Many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."

Matthew 7:13

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way.

Matthew 8:11-12

Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

Matthew 22:14

For many are invited but few are chosen.'"

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

Luke 13:28-30

There you will wail and gnash your teeth, to see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets inside the Realm of God and yourselves put outside.

Luke 14:24

For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.'"

Luke 15:7

So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

Luke 17:17-18

So Jesus said, "Were all the ten not cleansed? Where are the other nine?

John 12:19-22

Then said the Pharisees to one another, "You see, you can do nothing! Look, the world has gone after him."

Romans 5:20

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

Romans 8:30

Then he calls those whom he has thus decreed; then he justifies those whom he has called; then he glorifies those whom he has justified.

Romans 9:30

What are we to conclude, then? That Gentiles who never aimed at righteousness have attained righteousness, that is, righteousness by faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

James 1:23-25

For whoever listens and does nothing, is like a man who glances at his natural face in a mirror;