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Matthew 20:16

HumilityGrace

14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

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

17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

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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.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 19:30

    But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

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  • Mark 10:31

    But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

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  • Matthew 22:14

    For many are called, but few are chosen.

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  • Luke 13:28–30

    There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

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  • Luke 15:7

    I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

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  • Matthew 7:13

    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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  • Romans 8:30

    Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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  • Romans 9:30

    What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

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