Mark 10:31

31 But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first.

Mark 10:31 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:31

But many that are first shall be last
(See Gill on Matthew 19:30).

Mark 10:31 In-Context

29 Jesus answering said: Amen I say to you, there is no man who hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
30 Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting.
31 But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first.
32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem: and Jesus went before them. And they were astonished and following were afraid. And taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should befall him.
33 Saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and ancients. And they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles.
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