Matthew 19:30

A Rich Young Man

²⁹ And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life. ³⁰ But many first will be last, and last, first.

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Matthew 20:16

So the last will be first, and the first last, for many are called but few chosen.

Mark 10:31

But many first will be last, and the last first.

Luke 13:30

And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

Matthew 21:31-32

Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 8:11-12

And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,

Luke 7:29-30

And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors who were immersed the immersion of John, justified God.

Luke 18:13-14

But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man.

Romans 5:20-21

And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,

Romans 9:30-33

What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.

Galatians 5:7

Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth?

Hebrews 4:1

Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short.