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


In Context

13 'And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

14 take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

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

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

17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,

18 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

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 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 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.