Matthew 20:16
So those who are last now will be first then, and those first will be last."
Matthew 19:30
But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are last now will be first then."
Mark 10:31
But many who are first now will be last then, and last now who will be first then."
Matthew 7:13
"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.
Matthew 8:11-12
I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their seats at the feast with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, 'in the kingdom of heaven,
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They answered, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I solemnly say to you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of heaven ahead of you.
Matthew 22:14
For many are invited, but few are selected."
Luke 7:47
Therefore, I tell you, her sins, as many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the one who has little to be forgiven loves me little."
Luke 13:28-30
There you will weep and grind your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.
Luke 14:24
For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"
Luke 15:7
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.
Luke 17:17-18
And Jesus said, "Were not ten cured? Where are the other nine?
John 12:19-22
So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you cannot help it at all; the whole world has gone off after Him!"
Romans 5:20
Then law crept in to multiply the offense. Though sin has multiplied, yet God's favor has surpassed it and overflowed,
Romans 8:30
and those whom He marked off as His own He also calls; and those whom He calls He brings into right standing with Himself; those whom He brings into right standing with Himself He also glorifies.
Romans 9:30
What are we then to conclude? That heathen peoples who were not in search for right standing with God have obtained it, and that a right standing conditioned on faith;
1 Thessalonians 2:13
For another reason too, we, as far as we are concerned, are constantly giving thanks to God; that is, when you received the message you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which keeps on working in you who believe.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth,
James 1:23-25
Because if anyone merely listens to the message without obeying it, he is like a man who looks in a mirror at his own face,