Matthew 20:16

16 "Here it is again, the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first."

Matthew 20:16 In-Context

14 So take it and go. I decided to give to the one who came last the same as you.
15 Can't I do what I want with my own money? Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?'
16 "Here it is again, the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first."
17 Jesus, now well on the way up to Jerusalem, took the Twelve off to the side of the road and said,
18 "Listen to me carefully. We are on our way up to Jerusalem. When we get there, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the religious leaders and scholars. They will sentence him to death.

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