Matthew 3:9-10
3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
3:10 Even now the ax is laid at
the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 8:11-12
8:11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
in the kingdom of heaven,
8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 19:30
19:30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Matthew 20:16
20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”
Matthew 21:28-31
The Parable of the Two Sons
21:28 “What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
21:29 The boy answered, ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.
21:30 The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.
21:31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:31
10:31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”