Matthew 20:16

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Summary

Matthew 20:16

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

The last

General references

John 4:30

Bible References

The last

But I say to you that many will come from east and west and {be seated at the banquet} with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

But many [who are] first will be last, and the last first.

Which of the two did the will of [his] father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

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

{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven loves little."

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside!

I tell you that in the [same] way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

So Jesus answered [and] said, "Were not ten cleansed? And where [are] the nine?

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing! Behold, the world has gone after him."

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.

General references

the {ones counted} were eighty thousand five hundred and eighty.

But many [who are] first will be last, and the last first.

For many are called but few [are] chosen."

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

And behold, [some] are last who will be first, and [some] are first who will be last."

But he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and {everything I have belongs to you}.

They went out from the town and were coming to him.