Matthew 20:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 19:30
    87%

    30But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last, shalbe first.

  • Mark 10:31-32
    2 verses
    86%

    31But many that are first, shalbe last: and the last, first.

    32And they were in the way, goyng vp to Hierusalem: And Iesus went before them, and they were amazed, and folowed, and were afrayde. And Iesus toke the twelue agayne, and beganne to tell them what thynges shoulde happen vnto hym.

  • Luke 13:29-30
    2 verses
    85%

    29And 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.

    30And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first: And there are first, which shalbe last.

  • Matt 22:14
    83%

    14For many be called, but fewe are chosen.

  • Matt 20:17
    79%

    17And Iesus, goyng vp to Hierusale, toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way, and sayde vnto them:

  • Matt 20:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.

    15Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?

  • Matt 20:6-10
    5 verses
    78%

    6And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?

    7They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.

    8So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.

    9And when they came, that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.

    10But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.

  • Mark 9:35
    76%

    35And when he was set downe, he called the twelue to hym, and sayde vnto them: If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of al, & seruaut vnto al.

  • Matt 20:23-29
    7 verses
    74%

    23He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father.

    24And when the ten hearde this, they disdayned at the two brethren.

    25But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them.

    26It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister:

    27And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.

    28Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

    29And as they departed from Hierico, much people folowed hym.

  • Matt 20:12
    73%

    12Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.

  • Matt 21:31
    73%

    31Whether 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.

  • Matt 8:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11I 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.

    12But the chyldren of the kyngdome shalbe caste out, into vtter darcknesse: there shalbe wepyng, and gnashyng of teeth.

  • Luke 14:7
    72%

    7He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them:

  • Mark 10:43-44
    2 verses
    71%

    43Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister:

    44And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all.

  • Luke 14:16
    71%

    16Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,

  • Matt 20:4
    71%

    4And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.

  • Matt 20:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

    2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.

  • Luke 13:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them:

    24Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able.

  • Luke 14:21
    70%

    21And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.

    27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.

  • Luke 14:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper.

    25There went a great companie with hym: and he returned, and sayde vnto them,

  • Matt 23:11
    69%

    11He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt.

  • Matt 21:36-37
    2 verses
    69%

    36Agayne, he sent other seruauntes, mo then the first: and they dyd vnto them lykewyse.

    37But laste of all, he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne.

  • Luke 14:10
    69%

    10But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee.

  • Matt 20:21
    69%

    21And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome.

  • Matt 9:37
    69%

    37Then sayth he vnto his disciples: the haruest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are fewe.

  • Luke 20:16
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    16He shall come and destroye these husbande men, & shall let out his vineyarde to other. When they hearde this, they sayde, God forbyd.

  • Luke 6:20
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    20And he lyft vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayde: Blessed be ye poore, for yours is the kyngdome of God.

  • Luke 16:5
    68%

    5So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?

  • Matt 20:32
    68%

    32And Iesus stode styll, & called them, and sayde: what wyll ye that I shall do vnto you?