Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Updated King James Version
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 lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is yours eye evil, because I am good?
17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:13Enter all of you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew 19:30But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.
Luke 7:47Wherefore I say unto you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
Luke 14:24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Luke 17:17And Jesus answering said, Were there not 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 →