Matthew
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Matthew 20:16
“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 20:16 Context
13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18Behold, 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, 19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
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Translation Details for Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Other Translations for Matthew 20:16
Bible Commentary for Matthew 20:16
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 20:16
20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last - Not only with regard to the Jews and Gentiles, but in a thousand other instances. For many are called - All who hear the Gospel; but few chosen - Only those who obey it. #Mt 19:30|; 22:14.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 20:16
Mt 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last. A special lesson, first, to the Jews. They had been called first by God, but the Gentiles who heard the call should soon enjoy special privileges. They would even be first in the kingdom, because of their greater readiness to receive the gospel. Our duty in the vineyard is to go to work as soon as the Lord calls us, and to do what he tells us.
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many bee called, but fewe chosen.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"So the last shall be first, and the first last."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So the last shall be first, and the first last.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So the last will be first, and the first last.
- Basic English Bible
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
- Darby Bible
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.
- Webster's Bible
So the last shall be first, and the first last.
- Weymouth Bible
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
- World English Bible
So the laste schulen be the firste, and the firste the laste; `for many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.
- Wycliffe Bible
So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
- Youngs Literal Bible