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# for my name's sake
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Here "name" refers to the entire person. AT: "because of me" or "because he believes in me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# receive one hundred times
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"receive from God 100 times as many good things as they gave up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# inherit eternal life
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This is an idiom that means "God will bless them with eternal life" or "God will cause them to live forever." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first
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Here "first" and "last" refer to people's status or importance. Jesus is contrasting people's status now with their status in the kingdom of heaven. AT: "But many who seem to be important now will be the least important, and many who seem to be unimportant now will be very important."
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/inherit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]] |