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For many are called, but few chosen." — Matthew 22:1-14, World English Bible The version of in the Gospel of Luke is somewhat shorter, and refers only to a banquet rather than a wedding feast:
The second part of this verse, For many are called, but few [are] chosen, is not included in Codex Vaticanus, Codex Regius, Codex Dublinensis or Codex Sinaiticus. [4] The words are included in the Textus Receptus , [ 10 ] and by Scrivener , [ 11 ] and they appear in the King James Version , but they are omitted from the American Standard ...
Dale Allison notes that the passage consists of an introduction (verse 1), the parable itself (verses 2-13b) and a commentary (verses 13c and 14: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for many are called, but few are chosen). [4]
For many are called, but few are chosen." (Matt. 22:13-14, D-R .) [ 1 ] The third use occurs in the last line of parable of the talents : "And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 25:30).
KJV: " 16 [...] for many be called, but few chosen." Modern versions (RV): (omitted without a footnote). Reason: These familiar words are not in א, B,L,Z, several cursives, Sahidic, and some Boharic and Ethiopic manuscripts, but appear in slightly more recent manuscripts such as C,D,W,θ, and Latin manuscripts. Tischendorff's 1841 Greek NT was ...
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. — Matthew 20 ( King James Version ) The "last" are the eleventh hour labourers, who are paid as if they had worked the entire day.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. (William Shakespeare, Hamlet) For many are called, but few are chosen. (Matthew 22:14) Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. (by Winston Churchill)
Note, There are but few chosen Christians, in comparison with the many that are only called Christians; it therefore highly concerns us to build our hope for heaven upon the rock of an eternal choice, and not upon the sand of an external call; and we should fear lest we be found but seeming Christians, and so should really come short; nay, lest ...