Bible Cross References
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
Matthew 8:11
I assure you that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 8:12
But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth."
Matthew 19:30
But many who now are first will be last, and many who now are last will be first.
Matthew 20:16
And Jesus concluded, "So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last."
Matthew 21:31
Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
Luke 7:29
All the people heard him; they and especially the tax collectors were the ones who had obeyed God's righteous demands and had been baptized by John.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves and refused to be baptized by John.
Luke 7:40-47
40
Jesus spoke up and said to him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Yes, Teacher," he said, "tell me."
41
"There were two men who owed money to a moneylender," Jesus began. "One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty.
42
Neither of them could pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?"
43
"I suppose," answered Simon, "that it would be the one who was forgiven more." "You are right," said Jesus.
44
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45
You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came.
46
You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.
47
I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love."
Luke 13:30
Then those who are now last will be first, and those who are now first will be last."
Luke 18:11-14
11
The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
12
I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.'
13
But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, 'God, have pity on me, a sinner!'
14
I tell you," said Jesus, "the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
Acts 13:46-48
46
But Paul and Barnabas spoke out even more boldly: "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we will leave you and go to the Gentiles.
47
For this is the commandment that the Lord has given us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, so that all the world may be saved.' "
48
When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the Lord's message; and those who had been chosen for eternal life became believers.
Romans 9:30-33
30
So we say that the Gentiles, who were not trying to put themselves right with God, were put right with him through faith;
31
while God's people, who were seeking a law that would put them right with God, did not find it.
32
And why not? Because they did not depend on faith but on what they did. And so they stumbled over the "stumbling stone"
33
that the scripture speaks of: "Look, I place in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall. But whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."