Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.
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Matthew 22:14
For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
2 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
Luke 18:7
And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
Romans 8:30
And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
Matthew 22:3
And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.
Luke 14:24
For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
Romans 11:6
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
Colossians 3:12
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
2 Timothy 1:9
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
1 Peter 2:4
To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;
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Matthew 19:30
But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.
Luke 13:30
And the last will be first, and the first will be last.
Mark 10:31
But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.
Matthew 8:11
And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
Matthew 19:23
And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 20:23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
Matthew 20:27
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
Ezekiel 48:1
Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.
Matthew 19:27
Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?
Luke 17:18
Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?
Romans 5:20
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
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Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
Matthew 20:2
And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.
Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;
Matthew 20:4
And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.
Matthew 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.
Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?
Matthew 20:7
They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.
Matthew 20:8
And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
Matthew 20:9
And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
Matthew 20:10
Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
Matthew 20:11
And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,
Matthew 20:12
Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.
Matthew 20:13
But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?
Matthew 20:14
Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.
Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
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Revelation 17:14
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
Romans 1:6
Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
Matthew 24:24
For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
Matthew 24:31
And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Mark 13:20
And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.
Romans 8:33
Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
Romans 16:13
Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
1 Peter 1:2
Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
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Matthew 7:14
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
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Matthew 21:28
But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.
Matthew 21:29
And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 20:17
And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,
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Matthew 7:13
Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
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Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 13:23
And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,
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Romans 9:30
What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
Romans 9:33
As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
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Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?
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