Matthew 19:30

A Rich Young Man

²⁹ And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages. ³⁰ "But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Matthew 20:16

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

Mark 10:31

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

Luke 13:30

And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."

Matthew 21:31-32

Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.

Matthew 8:11-12

And I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of the Heavens,

Luke 7:29-30

And all the people, including the tax-gatherers, when they listened to him upheld the righteousness of God, by being baptized with John's baptism.

Luke 18:13-14

"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not so much as lift his eyes to Heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am.'

Romans 5:20-21

Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;

Romans 9:30-33

To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;

Galatians 5:7

You were running the race nobly! Who has interfered and caused you to swerve from the truth?

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore let us be on our guard lest perhaps, while He still leaves us a promise of being admitted to His rest, some one of you should be found to have fallen short of it.