Matthew 5:5
New International Version
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.(A)
Matthew 5:5
King James Version
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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Matthew 20:16
New International Version
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”(A)
Matthew 20:16
King James Version
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
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Matthew 21:31
New International Version
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors(A) and the prostitutes(B) are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
Matthew 21:31
King James Version
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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Mark 9:35
New International Version
35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”(A)
Mark 9:35
King James Version
35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
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Luke 13:28-30
New International Version
28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth,(A) when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west(B) and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”(C)
Luke 13:28-30
King James Version
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
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John 12:19-21
New International Version
19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”(A)
Jesus Predicts His Death
20 Now there were some Greeks(B) among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida(C) in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”
John 12:19-21
King James Version
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
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Romans 9:30-33
New International Version
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(A) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(B) 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(C) have not attained their goal.(D) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(E) 33 As it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
Romans 9:30-33
King James Version
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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1 Timothy 6:10
New International Version
10 For the love of money(A) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith(B) and pierced themselves with many griefs.(C)
1 Timothy 6:10
King James Version
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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