Verse 16

So the last, shalbe the first, & the first shalbe last: For many be called, but fewe be chosen.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:30 : 30 But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last, shalbe first.
  • Mark 10:31 : 31 But many that are first, shalbe last: and the last, first.
  • Luke 14:24 : 24 For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper.
  • Luke 17:17-18 : 17 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde: Are there not ten clensed? But where are those nine? 18 There are not founde that returned agayne, to geue God prayse, saue only this straunger.
  • John 12:19-22 : 19 The pharisees therfore sayde among them selues: perceaue ye, howe ye preuayle nothyng? Beholde, all the whole worlde goeth after hym. 20 There were certaine Grekes among them, that came to worship at the feast: 21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida, a citie of Galilee, and desired hym, saying: Syr, we woulde fayne see Iesus. 22 Philip came and tolde Andrewe: And agayne, Andrewe & Philip tolde Iesus.
  • Rom 8:30 : 30 Moreouer, whom he dyd predestinate, the also he called. And whom he called, them also he iustified: And whom he iustified, them he also glorified.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng, because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God, ye receaued it not as the worde of man, (but as it is in deede) the worde of God, which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue.
  • Luke 13:28-30 : 28 There shalbe weepyng & gnasshyng of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the prophetes, in the kyngdome of God, and ye your selues thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall syt downe in the kyngdome of God. 30 And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first: And there are first, which shalbe last.
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat.
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse: 24 For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was. 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 For many be called, but fewe are chosen.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth: 14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell, to the obteyning of the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes, haue obtayned righteousnesse: euen the ryghteousnesse which cometh of fayth.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous.
  • Luke 15:7 : 7 I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.
  • Luke 7:47 : 47 Wherfore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgeuen her: for she loued much. To whom lesse is forgeuen, the same doth lesse loue.
  • Matt 8:11-12 : 11 I say vnto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall rest with Abraham, and Isaac, & Iacob, in the kyngdome of heauen. 12 But the chyldren of the kyngdome shalbe caste out, into vtter darcknesse: there shalbe wepyng, and gnashyng of teeth.
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.