Matthew 20:16

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as I wish with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶  So the last shall be first, and first last. ¹⁷ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples privately, on the way and said to them,

Chosen Ones

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Chosen One

Matthew 19:30

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

Mark 10:31

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

Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in through the narrow gate: because wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are, who are going in through it.

Matthew 8:11-12

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

Matthew 21:31

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

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few elected.

Luke 7:47

Therefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little.

Luke 13:28-30

And there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you cast out.

Luke 14:24

for I say unto you, that no one of these men who have been invited shall taste of my supper.

Luke 15:7

I say unto you that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, rather than ninety and nine just persons who have not need of repentance.

Luke 17:17-18

And Jesus responding said, Were not the ten cleansed?

John 12:19-22

Then the Pharisees said to one another, You see, that you are prevailing as to nothing: behold, the world has gone away after Him.

Romans 5:20

But the law came, that the transgression might abound; but where sin did abound, there did grace superabound:

Romans 8:30

and whom He did foreknow, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them He also glorified.

Romans 9:30

Then what shall we say? That the Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, received righteousness, and the righteousness which is from faith:

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And on account of this we also give thanks to God incessantly, because, receiving the word of God from us by hearing, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, who indeed works in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;

James 1:23-25

For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: