Matthew 20:16
14 Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
- KJV
- So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
- WEB
- So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- ASV
- So the last shall be first, and the first last.
- DARBY
- Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
- BLB
- Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.”
- ÅB
- Slik skal de siste bli de første, og de første de siste.»
- OTB
- På denne måten skal de siste bli de første, og de første de siste."
- B1930
- Således skal de siste bli de første, og de første de siste; for mange er kalt, men få utvalgt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
Read in contextMark 10:31
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Read in contextMatthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Read in contextLuke 13:28–30
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
Read in contextLuke 15:7
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
Read in contextMatthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Read in contextRomans 8:30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
Read in contextRomans 9:30
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
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