Matthew 20:16
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e...
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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