Matthew 20:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first will be 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 20:16 Cross References

Matthew 19:30

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

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 7:13

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.

Mark 10:31

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

Luke 14:24

For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.’ ”

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 7:47

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

Romans 5:20

But law came in, with the result that the trespass multiplied; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Romans 8:30

And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Romans 9:30

What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God's word, which is also at work in you believers.