Matthew 20:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

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  • Matt 19:30 : 30 and many first shall be last, and last first.
  • Mark 10:31 : 31 and many first shall be last, and the last first.'
  • Luke 14:24 : 24 for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'
  • Luke 17:17-18 : 17 And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where? 18 There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'
  • John 12:19-22 : 19 the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.' 20 And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast, 21 these then came near to Philip, who `is' from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, `Sir, we wish to see Jesus;' 22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
  • Rom 8:30 : 30 and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 Because of this also, we -- we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;
  • Luke 13:28-30 : 28 `There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without; 29 and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God, 30 and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 `Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide `is' the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, 24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; 25 and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 for many are called, and few chosen.'
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth, 14 to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith,
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
  • Luke 15:7 : 7 `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
  • Luke 7:47 : 47 therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'
  • Matt 8:11-12 : 11 and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens, 12 but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'
  • Matt 21:31 : 31 which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

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  • Matt 19:30
    87%

    30and many first shall be last, and last first.

  • Mark 10:31-32
    2 verses
    86%

    31and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

    32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

  • Luke 13:29-30
    2 verses
    85%

    29and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

    30and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

  • Matt 22:14
    83%

    14for many are called, and few chosen.'

  • Matt 20:17
    79%

    17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,

  • Matt 20:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

    15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

  • Matt 20:6-10
    5 verses
    78%

    6And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

    7they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

    8`And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first.

    9And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

    10`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

  • Mark 9:35
    76%

    35and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

  • Matt 20:23-29
    7 verses
    74%

    23And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

    24And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

    25and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

    26but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

    27and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

    28even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

    29And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude,

  • Matt 20:12
    73%

    12that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.

  • Matt 21:31
    73%

    31which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

  • Matt 8:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

    12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

  • Luke 14:7
    72%

    7And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

  • Mark 10:43-44
    2 verses
    71%

    43but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

    44and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

  • Luke 14:16
    71%

    16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

  • Matt 20:4
    71%

    4and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;

  • Matt 20:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

    2and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

  • Luke 13:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

    24`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

  • Luke 14:21
    70%

    21`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26but ye `are' not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

    27for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

  • Luke 14:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

    25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

  • Matt 23:11
    69%

    11And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

  • Matt 21:36-37
    2 verses
    69%

    36`Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

    37`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

  • Luke 14:10
    69%

    10`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

  • Matt 20:21
    69%

    21and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

  • Matt 9:37
    69%

    37then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed `is' abundant, but the workmen few;

  • Luke 20:16
    69%

    16He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'

  • Luke 6:20
    68%

    20And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

  • Luke 16:5
    68%

    5`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

  • Matt 20:32
    68%

    32And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, `What will ye `that' I may do to you?'