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

So the

אַחֲרִית

ʼachărîyth

H319

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

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shall be

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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and the

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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אַחֲרִית

ʼachărîyth

H319

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

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for

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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be

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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but few

בָּחַר

bâchar

H977

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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Key Terms in This Verse

last H319

אַחֲרִית ʼachărîyth

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

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last H319

אַחֲרִית ʼachărîyth

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

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chosen H977

בָּחַר bâchar

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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first H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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first H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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called H7121

קָרָא qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

Matthew 19:30 cross-reference

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

Mark 10:31 cross-reference

But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Matthew 22:14 cross-reference

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Luke 15:7 cross-reference

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.

Romans 8:30 cross-reference

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.

Matthew 7:13 cross-reference

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:

Romans 9:30 cross-reference

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Luke 14:24 cross-reference

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 cross-reference

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...

Luke 7:47 cross-reference

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.

Romans 5:20 cross-reference

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

Matthew 21:31 cross-reference

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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