Matthew 8:11, 12
I 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 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

Matthew 21:31
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 you.

Luke 7:29, 30, 40-47
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice. For they had received the baptism of John. . . .

Luke 13:30
And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last."

Luke 18:11-14
The 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 13:46-48
Then 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. . . .

Romans 9:30-33
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; . . .