Mark 10:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.””
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BSBPD
“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and many first shall be last, and the last first.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Mark 10:31 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 8:11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
- Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
- Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
- Luke 7:29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
- Luke 7:40But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
- Luke 13:30And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- Romans 9:30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
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