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So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
The Meaning of Matthew 20:16 Explained. KJV: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. YLT: So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'.
What does Matthew 20:16 mean? This verse bookends this passage with Matthew 19:30. Jesus had assured the disciples of a rich reward in the kingdom of heaven for all they have given up for His sake, as well as eternal life.
Matthew 20. King James Version. 20 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.
Matthew 20:16. Christ here points the moral of the parable = Matthew 19:30, the terms ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι changing places, the better to suit the story. The meaning is not: the last as the first, and the first as the last, all treated alike.
First, The general pay (Matt. 20:9, 10); They received every man a penny. Note, All that by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality , shall undoubtedly obtain eternal life ( Rom. 2:7 ), not as wages for the value of their work, but as the gift of God.
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
