Verse 30

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

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:30 : 30 and many first shall be last, and last first.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
  • Mark 10:31 : 31 and many first shall be last, and the last first.'
  • Matt 21:28-31 : 28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' 29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went. 30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not; 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,
  • Matt 3:9-9 : 9 and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, 10 and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
  • 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.'