Matthew 20:16

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard

¹⁵ Have I no right to do what I please with what is mine? Or do you begrudge my generosity?' ¹⁶  So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last." ¹⁷ When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve off by themselves, and said to them as they were on the way,

Chosen Ones

First Will Be Last

Last Will Be First

Chosen One

Matthew 19:30

But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are now last will be first.

Mark 10:31

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

Matthew 7:13

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

Matthew 8:11-12

And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 22:14

For many are invited but few chosen."

Luke 7:47

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the man with little to be forgiven loves me but little."

Luke 13:28-30

There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are put outside.

Luke 14:24

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall have any of my dinner!' "

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in just that way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents, than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

Luke 17:17-18

And Jesus said, "Were not all ten cured? Where are the other nine?

John 12:19-22

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you cannot do anything! The whole world has run after him!"

Romans 5:20

Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,

Romans 8:30

and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.

Romans 9:30

Then what do we conclude? That heathen who were not striving for uprightness attained it, that is, an uprightness which was produced by faith;

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We for our part constantly thank God for another reason too??ecause when you received God's message from our lips, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which does its work in the hearts of you believers.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,

James 1:23-25

For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,