Matthew 20:16 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 20:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.”

So the last will be first, and the first last. The return of the first-last-last-first reversal from 19:30: the chapter that will narrate James and John's mother asking for the first positions (verses 20–28) opens and closes with the kingdom's reversal of the human status hierarchy. The parable is the teaching; the disciples' competition is the application.

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David ChenNote1mo ago

Many Are Called but Few Chosen

So the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew's word on election and priority. I used to read this as: few will be saved. But in context it's...