Mat 8:11-12, 19:30, 20:16, 21:31, Luk 7:29-30, 40-47, 13:30, 18:11-14 | ESV | STEP | I tell you , many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ,

Matthew 8:11-12

11 I tell you, ^amany will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 ^bwhile the sons of the kingdom ^cwill be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ^dthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 19:30

30 But ^emany who are ^ffirst will be last, and the last first.

Matthew 20:16

16 So ^gthe last will be first, and the first last.”

Matthew 21:31

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^hthe tax collectors and ⁱthe prostitutes go into ^jthe kingdom of God before you.

Luke 7:29-30

29 ( ^kWhen all the people heard this, and ^lthe tax collectors too, they declared God just, ^{▼▼Greek they justified God} ⁿhaving been baptized with ^othe baptism of John, 30 ^pbut the Pharisees and ^qthe lawyers ^rrejected ^sthe purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

Luke 7:40-47

40 And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”

41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred ^tdenarii, and the other fifty. 42 ^uWhen they could not pay, he ^vcancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 44 Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; ^wyou gave me no water for my feet, but ^xshe has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 ^yYou gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to ^zkiss my feet. 46 ^aaYou did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, ^abwhich are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

Luke 13:30

30 And behold, ^acsome are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Luke 18:11-14

11 The Pharisee, ^adstanding by himself, prayed ^{▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself} ^afthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 ^agI fast twice a week; ^ahI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, ^aistanding far off, ^ajwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^akbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, ^albe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^ameveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”