Matthew 20:16

Good News Translation

And Jesus concluded, “So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last.”

Cross References

Matthew 19:30

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

Matthew 21:31

Which one of the two did what his father wanted?” “The older one,” they answered. So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 22:14

And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 7:13

“Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it.

Mark 10:31

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

Luke 14:24

I tell you all that none of those who were invited will taste my dinner!’”

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.

Luke 7:47

I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”

Romans 5:20

Law was introduced in order to increase wrongdoing; but where sin increased, God's grace increased much more.

Romans 8:30

And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

Romans 9:30

So we say that the Gentiles, who were not trying to put themselves right with God, were put right with him through faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And there is another reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in you who believe.