Luke 13:30
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New International Version (©2011)
Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last."

New Living Translation (©2007)
And note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

International Standard Version (©2012)
You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.

NET Bible (©2006)
But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“And behold, there are the last who shall be the first and there are the first who shall be the last.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And, behold, some are last who shall be first, and some are first who shall be last.

American King James Version
And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

American Standard Version
And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.

Darby Bible Translation
And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

English Revised Version
And behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, there are last, who shall be first; and there are first who shall be last.

Weymouth New Testament
And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."

World English Bible
Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What shall I do, and what will become of me? Strive to enter in at the strait gate. This is directed to each of us; it is, Strive ye. All that will be saved, must enter in at the strait gate, must undergo a change of the whole man. Those that would enter in, must strive to enter. Here are awakening considerations, to enforce this exhortation. Oh that we may be all awakened by them! They answer the question, Are there few that shall be saved? But let none despond either as to themselves or others, for there are last who shall be first, and first who shall be last. If we reach heaven, we shall meet many there whom we little thought to meet, and miss many whom we expected to find.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. This expression, which apparently was more than once used by the Lord, in this place clearly has an historical reference, and sadly predicts the rejection of Israel, not only in this present world.

"There above (on earth)
How many hold themselves for mighty kings,
Who here like swine shall wallow in the mire,
Leaving behind them horrible dispraise!"

(Dante, 'Inferno.')

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And behold, there are last which shall be first,.... The Gentiles, the most mean and abject, afar from God, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, called last of all; these shall be first, and sit down among patriarchs and prophets, men of the first rank here on earth, in the kingdom of heaven, and enjoy the same glory and happiness with them:

and there are first which shall be last: the Jews, who were first the visible professing people of God, to whom the oracles of God, and outward privileges and ordinances were given; who had the Messiah first sent to them, and the Gospel first preached among them; these shall be last, be rejected and despised, and shut out of the kingdom of heaven, they thought themselves heirs of, and expected to enjoy; see Matthew 19:30.

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The Narrow Gate
…28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Matthew 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
Matthew 20:16 "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
Mark 10:31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first."