Matthew 20:16
Soo the laste shalbe fyrste and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be chosen.
Tyndale 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
15Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me listeth with myne awne? Ys thyne eye evyll because I am good?
17And Iesus ascended to Ierusalem and toke the .xii. disciples a parte in the waye and sayde to the.
Cross References
Matthew 7:13Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is the gate and broade is the waye that leadeth to destruccion: and many ther be which goo yn therat.
Matthew 19:30Many that are fyrste shalbe laste and the laste shalbe fyrste.
Matthew 22:14For many are called and feawe be chosen.
Luke 7:47Wherefore I saye vnto the: many synnes are forgeve her for she loved moche. To whom lesse is forgeven the same doeth lesse love.
Luke 14:24For I saye vnto you that none of those men which were bidde shall tast of my supper.
Luke 17:17And Iesus answered and sayde: are ther not ten clensed? But where are those nyne?
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 →