Matthew 20:16

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

15 Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

WEB World English Bible: So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
KJV King James Version: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
ASV American Standard Version: So the last shall be first, and the first last.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
DBY Darby Translation: Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
WBS Webster Bible: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.