Matthew 20:16
Soo the laste shalbe fyrste and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be chosen.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
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 ye 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 →