Matthew 20:16

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard

¹⁵ Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?' ¹⁶ Thus the last will be first and the first last." ¹⁷ And [as] Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples by themselves and said to them on the way,

Chosen Ones

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Chosen One

Matthew 19:30

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

Mark 10:31

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

Matthew 7:13

"Enter through the narrow gate, because broad [is] the gate and spacious [is] the road that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it,

Matthew 8:11-12

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.

Matthew 21:31

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!

Matthew 22:14

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

Luke 7:47

{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."

Luke 13:28-30

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!

Luke 14:24

For I say to you that none of those persons who were invited will taste my banquet!'"

Luke 15:7

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.

Luke 17:17-18

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

John 12:19-22

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

Romans 5:20

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,

Romans 8:30

And [those] whom he predestined, these [he] also called, and [those] whom he called, these [he] also justified, and [those] whom he justified, these [he] also glorified.

Romans 9:30

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

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers [dearly] loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you [as] first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,

James 1:23-25

because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at {his own face} in a mirror,