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Matthew 20:16
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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.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:16

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American Standard Version
So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Amplified® Bible
So those who [now] are last will be first [then], and those who [now] are first will be last [then]. {For many are called, but few chosen.}

Contemporary English Version
Jesus then said, "So it is. Everyone who is now first will be last, and everyone who is last will be first."

Darby English Version
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

Good News Bible
And Jesus concluded, "So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last."

International Standard Version
In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

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

New American Standard Bible
"So the last shall be first, and the first last."

New International Version
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

New King James Version
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"So the last shall become first, and the first last."

Young's Literal Translation
So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'


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