Verse 30

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

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  • Luke 13:30 : 30 Indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.
  • Mark 10:31 : 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.'
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.' 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
  • Luke 7:29-30 : 29 (When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.) 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's plan for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.
  • Luke 18:13-14 : 13 'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more. 21 So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 9:30-33 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it. 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling, 33 Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 Therefore, let us be cautious lest any of you seem to have fallen short of the promise of entering His rest.
  • Matt 8:11-12 : 11 I tell you, many will come from the east and the west and will recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.