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Matthew 20:16

  • Matthew 5:22
  • Matthew 5:44
  • Matthew 6:13
  • Matthew 16:2b–3
  • Matthew 20:16
  • Matthew 20:22, 23
  • Matthew 25:13
  • Matthew 27:16, 17
  • Matthew 27:35
  • Mark 9:49
  • Mark 10:7
  • Mark 10:21
  • Mark 10:24
  • Mark 14:68
  • Luke 4:4
  • Luke 8:43
  • Luke 9:54-56
  • Luke 11:2–4
  • Luke 11:11
  • Luke 22:43–44
  • Luke 24:42
  • Acts 28:16
  • Rom 16:25–27
  • 1 Corinthians 11:24
  • Ephesians 1:1
  • Conclusion

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

NIV: So the last will be first, and the first will be last.

ESV: So the last will be first, and the first last.

CSB: So the last will be first, and the first last.

Internal evidence

It was a popular statement, probably inserted from Matthew 22:14.

UBS gives the omission of the words an A rating.

Book traversal links for Matthew 20:16

  • ❮ Matthew 16:2b–3
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