Matthew 20:16 - New International Version (Anglicised)

‘So the last will be first, and the first will be last.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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

Matthew 20:16 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 19:30

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

Matthew 21:31

‘Which of the two did what his father wanted?’ ‘The first,’ they answered. Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 22:14

‘For many are invited, but few are chosen.’

Matthew 7:13

‘Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Mark 10:31

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

Luke 14:24

I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.” ’

Luke 15:7

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

Luke 7:47

Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven – as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.’

Romans 5:20

The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 8:30

And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 9:30

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.