Matthew 20:16

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' ¹⁶  So the last shall be first, and the first last. ¹⁷ And, when about to go up to Jerusalem, Jesus took with Him the twelve disciples privately, and on the way He said to them,

Chosen Ones

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Chosen One

Matthew 19:30

But many that are first shall be last, and last first."

Mark 10:31

But many that 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 leads to destruction, and many are those who enter through it;

Matthew 8:11-12

And I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven;

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They say, "The last." Jesus saith to them, "Verily I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots are going into the Kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few chosen.'"

Luke 7:47

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; because she loved much; but he, to whom little is forgiven, loves little."

Luke 13:28-30

There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust forth without.

Luke 14:24

for I say to you, that no one of those men who have been invited shall taste of my supper."

Luke 15:7

I say to you, that so there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine 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 are effecting nothing! Behold, the world went away after Him!"

Romans 5:20

And the law entered, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did super-abound;

Romans 8:30

And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Romans 9:30

What, then, shall we say? that gentiles who were not following after righteous obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And, for this reason, we also give thanks to God without ceasing, that, having received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which also is working in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

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

James 1:23-25

Because, if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;