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14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
15 aIs it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or bis your eye evil because I am good?’  
16 aSo the last will be first, and the first last. bFor many are called, but few chosen.”  

Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection

17 aNow Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them,  
18 a“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,  
19 aand deliver Him to the Gentiles to bmock and to cscourge and to dcrucify. And the third day He will erise again.”  

Greatness Is Serving

20 aThen the mother of bZebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.  
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John Wesley's Notes
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Matthew 20:16

So the last shall be first, and the first last - Not only with regard to the Jews and Gentiles, but in a thousand other instances. For many are called - All who hear the Gospel; but few chosen - Only those who obey it. Matthew 19:30; Matthew 22:14.




Other John Wesley's Notes entries containing Matthew 20:16:

Matthew 19:30
Matthew 22:14

 

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