The last first and the first last (ο εσχατο πρωτο κα ο πρωτο εσχατο). The adjectives change places as compared with 19:30. The poi…

So the last shall be first, etc. This is the moral or scope of the parable. To teach this, it was spoken. Many who, in t…

So the last shall be first — This, then, is the great lesson of the parable. It directly answers the question of whether we should…

And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house, saying, These last have worked only one hour, and you have made t…

Remigius of Auxerre: To establish the truth of the saying, “There are many who are first who will be last, and the last fi…

Jesus makes a final statement that God’s grace makes some who are last first (see also comment on 19:30).

So the first shall be last. He does not now compare the Jews to the Gentiles (as in another passage), nor the reprobate, who swerve from t…

So the last shall be first, and the first last As he had asserted in (Matthew 19:30) and which is clearly ill…

This parable's primary purpose seems to show that although the Jews were first called into the vineyard, the gospel would eventually be preached to…

Above, the Lord spoke about the attainment of the kingdom of heaven by the common way of salvation and by the way of perfection. Because certain pe…