16Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.


In Context

13 But he answering said to one of them, My friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:

15 is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

16 Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

17 And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with him apart in the way, and said to them,

18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;

Matthew 20:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.