Mark 10:31
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
KJV
πολλοὶ δὲ ἔσονται πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι.
Greek NT
Multi autem erunt primi novissimi, et novissimi primi.
Vulgate
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
ASV
But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
ἔσχατος
eschatos
adjective · 53×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: οἱ | WH/Treg/NIV: οἱ
- οἱ — SBLGNT
- οἱ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1618Christ is the center of all Christian life. the bond with him takes precedence over all other bonds, familial or social.113 From the very beginning of the Church there have been men and women who have renounced the great good of marriage to follow the Lamb wherever he goes, to be intent on the things of the Lord, to seek to please him, and to go out to meet the Bridegroom who i…
Cross-references
- Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting lif
- Luke 13:30 — And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
- Luke 13:30 — And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
- Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- Matt 8:11 — 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.
- Matt 19:30 — But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
- Matt 19:30 — But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
- Matt 20:16 — So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
- Matt 20:16 — So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
- Matt 21:31 — 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.
- Rom 9:30 — What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.