Matthew 20:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

New Living Translation
“So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”

English Standard Version
So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Berean Study Bible
So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

New American Standard Bible
So the last shall be first, and the first, last.”

NASB 1995
"So the last shall be first, and the first last."

NASB 1977
“Thus the last shall be first, and the first last.”

Amplified Bible
So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last.”

Christian Standard Bible
“So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"So the last will be first, and the first last."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus then said, "So it is. Everyone who is now last will be first, and everyone who is first will be last."

Good News Translation
And Jesus concluded, "So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"In this way the last will be first, and the first will be last."

International Standard Version
"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

NET Bible
So the last will be first, and the first last."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

New King James Version
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

King James 2000 Bible
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

New Heart English Bible
So the last will be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen."

World English Bible
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

American King James Version
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

American Standard Version
So the last shall be first, and the first last.

A Faithful Version
So the last shall be first, and the first shall be last; for many are called, but few are chosen."

Darby Bible Translation
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

English Revised Version
So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So the last, shalbe the first, & the first shalbe last: For many be called, but fewe be chosen.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
So the last shalbe the first, & the first the last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Soo the laste shalbe fyrste and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be chosen.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
So the last will be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.”

Berean Literal Bible
Thus the last will be first, and the first, last."

Young's Literal Translation
So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

Smith's Literal Translation
So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Thus will the last be first and the first last; for many are called ones, however few are chosen ones. In Vulgate but not ESV, NASB

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So the last will be first and the first last, for the called are many and the chosen ones are few.”

Lamsa Bible
Even so the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

Godbey New Testament
So the last shall be first, and first last.

Haweis New Testament
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but the elect are few.

Mace New Testament
thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for though many are invited, few have precedence.

Weymouth New Testament
"So the last shall be first, and the first last."

Worrell New Testament
So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Worsley New Testament
Is thine eye evil because I am good? Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.
















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