Mark 10:31
New International Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

New Living Translation
But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.”

English Standard Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Berean Standard Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

Berean Literal Bible
But many first will be last; and the last, first."

King James Bible
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

New King James Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

New American Standard Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

NASB 1995
“But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

NASB 1977
“But many who are first, will be last; and the last, first.”

Legacy Standard Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

Amplified Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

Christian Standard Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

American Standard Version
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But many are first who shall be last, and the last first.”

Contemporary English Version
But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But many that are first, shall be last: and the last, first.

English Revised Version
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

Good News Translation
But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first."

International Standard Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

Literal Standard Version
and many first will be last, and the last first.”

Majority Standard Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

New American Bible
But many that are first will be last, and [the] last will be first.”

NET Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last first."

New Revised Standard Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

New Heart English Bible
But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

Webster's Bible Translation
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Weymouth New Testament
But many who are now first will be last, and the last, first."

World English Bible
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Young's Literal Translation
and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

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Context
The Rich Young Man
30will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life. 31But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” 32As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:…

Cross References
Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

Luke 13:30
And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last."


Treasury of Scripture

But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Matthew 8:11,12
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…

Matthew 19:30
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

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Mark 10
1. Jesus disputes with the Pharisees concerning divorce;
13. blesses the children that are brought unto him;
17. resolves a rich man how he may inherit everlasting life;
23. tells his disciples of the danger of riches;
28. promises rewards to those who forsake all for the gospel;
32. foretells his death and resurrection;
35. bids the two ambitious suitors to think rather of suffering with him;
46. and restores to Bartimaeus his sight.














(31) Many that are first shall be last.--It will be noted that St. Mark omits the parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, which follows in St. Matthew as an illustration of the truth.

Verse 31. - But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. Most fitly does our Lord add this weighty sentence to what has just gone before. For thus he places himself, his grace, and his gospel in direct opposition to the corrupt teaching of the scribes and Pharisees. Perhaps the disciples thought within themselves, "How can it come to pass that we, the poor, the unlearned, the despised, are to sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel, amongst whom are men far our superiors in station, in learning, and in authority, such as are the scribes and Pharisees, and that rich young ruler just mentioned." Our Lord here teaches them that the future will reveal great changes - that some who are first here will be last there, and some who seem last here will be first there. The disciples, and others like them, who, having forsaken all and followed Christ, seemed to be last in this world, will be first in the world to come - most dear to Christ, the King of Heaven, in their lives; most like to him in their zeal for his cause.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

many [who are]
πολλοὶ (polloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

first
πρῶτοι (prōtoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

will be
ἔσονται (esontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

last,
ἔσχατοι (eschatoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2078: Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

last
ἔσχατοι (eschatoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2078: Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.

[will be] first.”
πρῶτοι (prōtoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.


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