Matthew 20:16

16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Matthew 20:16 in Other Translations

KJV
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
ESV
16 So the last will be first, and the first last."
NLT
16 “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
MSG
16 "Here it is again, the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first."
CSB
16 "So the last will be first, and the first last."

Matthew 20:16 In-Context

14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.
15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
17 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,
18 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death

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Cross References 1

  • 1. S Matthew 19:30
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