Matthew 20:16 - New International Version (Anglicised)

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 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.