Matthew 20:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ So, the [person who seems to be] last will be first [i.e., in importance and blessings], but the [person who seems to be] first will [end up] being last.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So those who [now] are last will be first [then], and those who [now] are first will be last [then]. For many are called, but few chosen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So those who are last will be first. And those who are first will be last.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

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