Matthew 20:16 - Tree of Life Version

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

Matthew 20:16 Cross References

Matthew 19:30

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

Matthew 21:31

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

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 way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.

Mark 10:31

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

Luke 14:24

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

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over the ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”

Luke 7:47

For this reason I tell you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven—for she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.

Romans 5:20

Now the Torah came in so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace overflowed even 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 shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness—that is, a righteousness of faith.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this reason, we also thank God constantly that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is—the word of God, which does its work in you who believe.