Matthew 20:16
So the last, shalbe the first, & the first [shalbe] last: For many be called, but fewe [be] chosen.
Bible (Bishops')
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 lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
17And Iesus, goyng vp to Hierusale, toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way, and sayde vnto them:
Cross References
Matthew 7:13Enter 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.
Matthew 19:30But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last, shalbe first.
Matthew 22:14For many be called, but fewe are chosen.
Luke 7:47Wherfore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgeuen her: for she loued much. To whom lesse is forgeuen, the same doth lesse loue.
Luke 14:24For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper.
Luke 17:17And Iesus aunswered, and sayde: Are there not ten clensed? But where are those 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 →