Matthew 20:16
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16 (A)So the last will be first, and the first last. (B)For[a] many are called, but few chosen.”
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- Matthew 20:16 NU omits the rest of v. 16.
Matthew 19:30
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30 (A)But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
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Mark 10:31
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31 (A)But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
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Matthew 22:14
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14 (A)“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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Luke 15:7
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7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (A)than over ninety-nine [a]just persons who (B)need no repentance.
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Luke 13:28-30
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28 (A)There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, (B)when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 (C)And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
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Matthew 7:13
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The Narrow Way(A)
13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
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James 1:23-25
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23 For (A)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (B)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (C)this one will be blessed in what he does.
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
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Their Conversion
13 For this reason we also thank God (A)without ceasing, because when you (B)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it (C)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively (D)works in you who believe.
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Romans 8:30
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30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also (A)called; whom He called, these He also (B)justified; and whom He justified, these He also (C)glorified.
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John 12:19-22
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19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, (A)“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
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20 Now there (B)were certain Greeks among those (C)who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, (D)who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
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Luke 17:17-18
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17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
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Luke 14:24
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24 For I say to you (A)that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”
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2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
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Stand Fast
13 But we are [a]bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God (A)from the beginning (B)chose you for salvation (C)through [b]sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for (D)the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 9:30
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Present Condition of Israel
30 What shall we say then? (A)That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, (B)even the righteousness of faith;
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Romans 5:20
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20 Moreover (A)the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace (B)abounded much more,
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Luke 7:47
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47 (A)Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
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Matthew 21:31
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31 Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said to Him, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, (A)“Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.
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Matthew 8:11-12
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11 And I say to you that (A)many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But (B)the sons of the kingdom (C)will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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