Mark 10:31 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πολλοὶ	polloi	Many	G4183 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἔσονται	esontai	will be	G1510 →
πρῶτοι	prōtoi	first	G4413 →
ἔσχατοι	eschatoi	last	G2078 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἔσχατοι	eschatoi	last	G2078 →
πρῶτοι.¶	prōtoi	first.	G4413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
leads to
- Matthew 19:30
  But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 22:14
  For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Luke 13:28–30
  There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
- Luke 15:7
  In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
- Matthew 7:13
  Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Through
Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
leads to
- Matthew 20:16
  So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 13:30
  And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
- Matthew 21:31–32
  Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.Luke 13:30And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”Romans 9:30–33What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;Luke 18:11–14The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.Acts 13:46–48Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.Matthew 8:11–12I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.Luke 7:29–30All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.Luke 7:40–47But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.

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