Mark 10:31
Good News Translation
But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first."

New Revised Standard Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

Contemporary English Version
But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.

New American Bible
But many that are first will be last, and [the] last will be first.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first.

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

Matthew 19:30 And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first.

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

Matthew 21:31 Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.

Luke 7:29,30,40-47 And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism. . . .

Luke 13:30 And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first that shall be last.

Luke 18:11-14 The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. . . .

Acts 13:46-48 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles. . . .

Romans 9:30-33 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who followed not after justice have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith. . . .

Context
The Rich Young Man
30Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting. 31But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first. 32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem: and Jesus went before them. And they were astonished and following were afraid. And taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should befall him.…
Cross References
Matthew 19:30
And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first.

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

Luke 13:30
And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first that shall be last.

Mark 10:30
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