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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 19, Verse 30

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‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›
King James Version
‹But many› [that are] ‹first shall be last; and the last› [shall be] ‹first.›
American Standard Version
But many shall be last [that are] first; and first [that are] last.
New English Translation
And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
World English Bible
But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
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‹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man› [that is] ‹an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.›
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‹And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.›
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‹And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,›
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‹And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.›
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‹Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.›
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‹And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?›
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‹They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right,› [that] ‹shall ye receive.›
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‹So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them› [their] ‹hire, beginning from the last unto the first.›
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‹And when they came that› [were hired] ‹about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.›
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‹But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.›