Matthew 20:16

Matthew chapter 20 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

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

v.16This passage

v.17And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 13:28
There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.
John 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Luke 7:47
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Matthew 8:11
And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
Romans 8:30
and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.