Matthew 20:16

Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

Luke 12:32
“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

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Ezekiel 48:1
“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.

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Matthew 19:27
Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”

Matthew 20:2
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:3
He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

Matthew 20:4
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

Matthew 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Matthew 20:6
About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

Matthew 20:7
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

Matthew 20:8
“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

Matthew 20:9
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

Matthew 20:10
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

Matthew 20:11
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

Matthew 20:12
saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

Romans 11:35
“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”

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Matthew 20:17
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

Matthew 21:28
But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

Matthew 21:29
He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

Matthew 21:30
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.

Matthew 22:3
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

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Luke 14:24
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

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Luke 17:18
Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

Romans 5:20
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,

Romans 9:30
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

Romans 9:32
Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

Romans 9:33
even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

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Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Matthew 24:31
He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Mark 13:20
Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

Luke 13:23
One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,

Romans 8:33
Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

Romans 16:13
Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Ephesians 1:4
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

2 Timothy 1:9
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 2:4
Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

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