Matthew 19:30

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Matthew 19:30

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

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"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

"So the last shall be first, and the first, last."

"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!

But many who are first shall be last, and the last, first."

On hearing this all the people and the tax-gatherers acknowledged the justice of God by being baptized with the baptism of John;

"And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."

"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God be merciful to me, the sinner!'

Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded;

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?

You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Let us be on our guard, then, though there is a promise still standing of being admitted to his rest, lest any one of you should be found to have come short of it.