Matthew 20:16

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard

¹⁵ Am I not free to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ Thus the last will be first, and the first, last. And as ¹⁷ Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve apart, and on the way said to them,

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 in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction; and many are they who go in thereat.

Matthew 8:11-12

And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and recline at table 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 say, The first. Jesus saith to them, Truly do I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Luke 7:47

Wherefore, I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loveth little.

Luke 13:28-30

There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth there, when ye see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.

Luke 14:24

For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

Luke 15:7

I say to you, that in like manner there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninetynine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

Luke 17:17-18

And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

John 12:19-22

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye see that ye effect nothing; o! the world hath gone after him.

Romans 5:20

Moreover the law came in in addition, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded much more;

Romans 8:30

And those whom he before appointed, he also called; and those whom he called, he also accepted as righteous; and those whom he accepted as righteous, he also glorified.

Romans 9:30

What then shall we say? That the gentiles, who did not strive after righteousness, obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also is powerfully working in you that believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation in 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 glass;