Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
In Context
15Is it not allowed me to do what I will with my own? Or, is your eye envious, because I am good?
Cross References
Matthew 7:13Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction; and many there are that go in through it.
Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few chosen.
Luke 7:47Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. But he to whom little is forgiven, loves little.
Luke 14:24For I say to you, that not one of those men who have been invited, shall taste of my supper.
Luke 17:17And Jesus answered and said: Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →