Mark 10:31

Wesley's New Testament

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

Parallel Translations

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

King James Version (1611)
But many that are first, shall be last: and the last, first.

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

English Standard 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."

New Century Version
Many who are first now will be last in the future. And many who are last now will be first in the future."

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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."

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first!"

Darby Translation
But many first shall be last, and the last first.

Easy-to-Read Version
Many people who have the highest place now will have the lowest place in the future. And the people who have the lowest place now will have the highest place then."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But many that are first, shall be last, and the last, first.

George Lamsa Translation
Many who are first shall be last, and the last first.

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

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

Literal Translation
But many first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

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

Bible in Basic English
But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

Hebrew Names Version
But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

International Standard Version
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."Matthew 19:30; 20:16; Luke 13:30;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But many (are) first who will be last, and last (who will be) first.

Murdock Translation
31 But many are first, who will be last; and last, [fn] first.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But many that are first, shalbe last: and the last, first.

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

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But many schulen be, the firste the last, and the last the firste.

Update Bible Version
But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last first.

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

New English Translation
But many who are first will be last, and the last first."

New King James 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."

New Life Bible
Many who are first will be last. Many who are last will be first."

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, many, shall be - first-last, and theLast-first.

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

Revised Standard Version
But many that are first will be last, and the last first."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Many that are fyrst shalbe last: and the last fyrst.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But many that are the first, shal be the last: and the last the first.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but they that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

Simplified Cowboy Version
those who ride the longest will be the last to ride through the gate. A good cowboy always makes sure everyone is through the gate before he gets off and shuts it."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ And as he was going out into the way, one running and kneeling to him, asked him, Good Master, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸ But Jesus saith to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God. ¹⁹ Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. ²⁰ And he answering said to him, Master, all these have I kept from my childhood. ²¹ Then Jesus looking upon him, loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lackest: Go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me, taking up thy cross. ²² But he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved; for he had great possessions. ²³ And Jesus looking round said to his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God? ²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answering again saith to them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God? ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go thro' the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁶ And they were astonished out of measure, saying to each other, Who then can be saved?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 8:11, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 19:30, Matthew 20:16, Matthew 21:31, Luke 7:29, Luke 7:30, Luke 7:40-47, Luke 13:30, Luke 18:11-14, Acts 13:46-48, Romans 9:30-33

Cross-References

Acts 17:26
And he hath made of one the whole nation of men, to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But many that are first shall be last,....

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 19:16-30.

Mark 10:17

Gone forth - From the place where he had been teaching.

Into the way - Into the road or path on his journey.

Running - Thus showing the intensity with which he desired to know the way of life. Zeal to know the way to be saved is proper, nor is it possible that it should be too intense if well directed. Nothing else is so important, and nothing demands, therefore, so much effort and haste.

Mark 10:19

Defraud not - Do not take away your neighbor’s property by fraud or dishonesty. To “cheat” or “defraud,” supposes a covetous desire of a neighbor’s property, and is usually attended with “falsehood” or “false witness” against a neighbor in obtaining it. It is thus a violation of the ninth and tenth commandments; and our Saviour very properly, therefore, “condensed the two,” and expressed their substance in this - not to defraud. It is, besides, expressly forbidden in Leviticus 19:13; “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor.”

Mark 10:21

Jesus beholding him, loved him - What occurred afterward showed that the young man did not love the Saviour, or was not a true disciple; so that this expression denotes simply natural affection, or means that Jesus was pleased with his amiableness, his morality, and his “external” regard for the law of God. At the same time, this was entirely consistent with deep sorrow that he would not give his heart to God, and with deep abhorrence of such a love of the world as to blind the mind to the beauty of true religion, and to lead to the rejection of the Messiah and the destruction of the soul.

One thing thou lackest - When the young man came to Jesus he asked him, “What lack I yet?” Matthew 19:20. This “question” Mark has omitted, but he has retained the “answer.” The answer means, there is “one thing” yet wanting. Though all that you have said should be “true,” yet, to make the system complete, or to show that you “really” are disposed to keep the commands of God, go and sell your property. See whether you love “God” more than you do your “wealth.” By doing that you will show that your love of God is supreme; that your obedience is not merely “external” and “formal,” but “sincere” and “real;” the thing now “lacking” will be made up.

Mark 10:24

Children - An expression of affection, perhaps also implying a reproof that their slowness of understanding was like that of children. When they should have seen at once the truth of what he said, they were slow to learn it. It became necessary, therefore, to “repeat” what he had said.

How hard - With how much difficulty.

Mark 10:26

Out of measure - Very much, or exceedingly. The Greek means no more than this.

Mark 10:30

An hundred-fold - One hundred times as much.

In this time - In this life. In the time that he forsakes all.

Houses ... - This cannot be taken literally, as promising a hundred times as many “mothers, sisters,” etc. It means, evidently, that the loss shall be a hundred times “compensated” or made up; or that, in the possession of religion, we have a hundred times the “value” of all we forsake. This consists in the pardon of sin, in the favor of God, in peace of conscience, in support in trials and in death, and in raising up “friends” in the place of those who are left - “spiritual brethren, and sisters, and mothers,” etc. And this corresponds to the experience of all who ever became Christians. At the same time. it is true that godliness is profitable “for all things,” having the promise of the life that is, as well as of that which is to come. See the notes at 1 Timothy 4:8. “The favor of God” is the security for every blessing. Obedience to his law secures industry, temperance, chastity, economy, prudence, health, and the confidence of the world - all indispensable to success in life, and all connected. commonly, with success. Though the wicked “sometimes” prosper, yet the “surest” way of prosperity is to fear God and keep his commandments. Thus will all “needed” blessings descend on us “here,” and “eternal” blessings hereafter.

With persecutions - Persecutions, or the contempt of the world, and bodily sufferings on account of their religion, they “must” meet. Jesus did not conceal this; but he consoled them. He assured them that “amid” these, or perhaps it should be rendered “after” these, they should find friends and comfort. It is well to bear trial if “God” be our Friend. With the promises of the Bible in our hand, we may hail persecutions, and thank God that, amid so many sorrows, he has furnished such abundant consolations.