"So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen."
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And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
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.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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.
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
So the last will be first, and the first last.
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'