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NASB | Matthew 20:16 "So the last shall be first, and the first last." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 20:16 "So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last." |
Subject: few chosen |
Bible Note: You made a couple of good points that I really had not noticed. The landowner agreed upon wages for the first, and the others he said he would pay them whatever is right. But I think where I trip up is If this parable is 'about' children of the kingdom how does the extended statement..many are called but few chosen...I read a commentary that said the landowner was rewarding for exemplary labor of the latter and less than par performance of the first, but I don not agree with that because this implies 'earned' rather than 'grace'. Is the latter the children of grace of the new covenant compared to the children of the law under the old covenant? Ours is not 'wages' but 'generosity'. If this is the case how does many are called but few chosen fit? Are there 'chosen' among believers? Or are new covenant believers under grace the 'chosen' with chosen meaning 'receivers of grace'? |