Matthew 20:16

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Matthew 20:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

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Matthew 8:11

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 19:30

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Mark 10:31

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

Luke 13:28

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

Luke 13:29

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

Luke 13:30

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

Luke 17:17

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

Luke 17:18

Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”

John 12:19

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

John 12:21

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John 12:22

Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.

Romans 5:20

The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

Matthew 7:13

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Luke 14:24

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”

Romans 8:30

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

James 1:23

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

James 1:24

and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

James 1:25

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.