Matthew 20:16
So the laste schulen be the firste, and the firste the laste; `for many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
In Context
15Whether it is not leueful to me to do that that Y wole? Whether thin iye is wickid, for Y am good?
17And Jhesus wente vp to Jerusalem, and took hise twelue disciplis in priuetee, and seide to hem, Lo!
Cross References
Matthew 7:13Entre ye bi the streyt yate; for the yate that ledith to perdicioun is large, and the weie is broode, and there ben many that entren bi it.
Matthew 19:30But manye schulen be, the firste the laste, and the laste the firste.
Matthew 22:14For many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.
Luke 7:47For the which thing Y seie to thee, many synnes ben foryouun to hir, for sche hath loued myche; and to whom is lesse foryouun, he loueth lesse.
Luke 14:24For Y seie to you, that noon of tho men that ben clepid, schal taaste my soper.
Luke 17:17And Jhesus answerde, and seide, Whether ten ben not clensid, and where ben the nyne?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →