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


In Context

13 But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14 Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

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

17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and in the way he said unto them,

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.