Luke 13:30
New International Version
Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

New Living Translation
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
And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Berean Standard Bible
And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

Berean Literal Bible
And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last."

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

New King James Version
And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

New American Standard Bible
And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

NASB 1995
“And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”

NASB 1977
“And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”

Amplified Bible
And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Christian Standard Bible
Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

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

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

Contemporary English Version
There the ones who are now least important will be the most important, and those who are now most important will be least important.

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

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

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

Good News Translation
Then those who are now last will be first, and those who are now first will be last."

International Standard Version
You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.

Literal Standard Version
and behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

Majority Standard Bible
And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

New American Bible
For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

NET Bible
But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

New Revised Standard Version
Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

New Heart English Bible
And look, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will 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.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Narrow Door
29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. 30And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.” 31At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”…

Cross References
Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the 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 will be first."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Matthew 3:9,10
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham…

Matthew 8:11,12
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven…

Matthew 19:30
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

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Luke 13
1. Jesus preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others.
6. The fruitless fig tree may not stand.
10. He heals the crooked woman;
18. shows the powerful working of the word, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed,
20. and of leaven;
22. exhorts to enter in at the strait gate;
31. and reproves Herod and Jerusalem.














(30) And, behold, there are last . . .--See Note on Matthew 19:30. In point of time, it may be noticed, this is the first utterance of the great law that God's judgment reverses man's. When it was uttered in reference to the young ruler, it was but a fresh application of the wider law. Here the application is primarily national. Israel had been the first of nations, but it should become, in its outward fortunes, the last, and the heathen who had been "without hope and without God in the world" (Ephesians 2:12) should gain the high pre-eminence of being the heirs of the kingdom. The individual application of the words grows naturally, however, out of the national.

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.')

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

indeed,
ἰδοὺ (idou)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

some who are
εἰσὶν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

last
ἔσχατοι (eschatoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2078: Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.

will be
ἔσονται (esontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

first,
πρῶτοι (prōtoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

some who are
εἰσὶν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

first
πρῶτοι (prōtoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

will be
ἔσονται (esontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

last.”
ἔσχατοι (eschatoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2078: Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.


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