Matthew 19:30
“But many that are first, shall be last, and the last shall be first.”
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Matthew 19:30 Context
28And Iesus said vnto them, Uerily I say vnto you, that ye which haue followed me, in the regeneration when the Sonne of man shal sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shal sit vpon twelue thrones, iudging the twelue tribes of Israel. 29And euery one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, shall receiue an hundred fold, and shall inherite euerlasting life. 30But many that are first, shall be last, and the last shall be first.
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Other Translations for Matthew 19:30
But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first.
- King James Version
"But many {who are} first will be last; and {the} last, first.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But many shall be last `that are' first; and first `that are' last.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.
- Basic English Bible
But many first shall be last, and last first.
- Darby Bible
But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.
- Webster's Bible
But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.
- Weymouth Bible
But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
- World English Bible
But manye schulen be, the firste the laste, and the laste the firste.
- Wycliffe Bible
and many first shall be last, and last first.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 19:30
19:30 But many first - Many of those who were first called, shall be last - Shall have the lowest reward: those who came after them being preferred before them: and yet possibly both the first and the last may be saved, though with different degrees of glory. #Mt 20:16|; Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 19:30
Mt 19:30 Many [that are] first shall be last, etc. There will be reversals; those rich on earth, but poor hereafter; those high in station, degraded hereafter; and the lowly on earth, exalted hereafter. The right man to follow any cause, be it what it will, is he who loves it well enough to fling to it everything he has in the world, and then think that not enough, and so fling himself after it. This last item often weighs down the scales in heaven, and the man gets what he gave himself for.