And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah, for out of you shall come a governor who shall rule my people Israel.

and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be trodden upon by men.

Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are with him in the way, lest the accuser deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

I tell you truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans [4 mills].

Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you.

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel;

I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.

for the hearts of this people have become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal them.

And he said, No; lest in taking out the poisonous darnel, you pull up the wheat with it;

which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the greatest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and lodge on its branches.

But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And Jesus calling his disciples, said, I pity the multitude, for it is now three days that they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting lest they faint by the way.

What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and seek for the lost one?

And if he finds it, I tell you truly that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which were not lost.

But many first shall be last; and last, first.

And when it was evening the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them the wages [stipulated], beginning from the last even to the first.

saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

Take what belongs to you, and go, for I will give to the last even as to you.

So the last shall be first, and the first last.

last of all the woman died also.

But the wise answered, saying, [No]; lest there be not enough for us and you; go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.

And the king shall answer and say to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me.

Then he shall answer them saying, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have not done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have not done it to me.

But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

Command, therefore, the tomb to be made safe till the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him, and say to the people, He is raised from the dead, and the last error be worse than the first.

that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand, lest at any time they should turn, and be forgiven.

It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the earth is the least of all seeds on the earth;

And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to them, If any one wishes to be first, he shall he last of all, and a servant of all.

But many first shall be last, and the last first.

Having yet one beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.

And the seven left no child. Last of all, the woman died also.

lest, coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping.

But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.

and they shall bear you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

I tell you, that among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

and said to them, Whoever receives this little child in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, he shall be the greatest.

Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself; and they come and dwell there; and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

And if you cannot do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison;

I tell you that you shall not go out thence till you have paid even the last lepton [2 mill].

And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest at some time a more honorable man than you should have been invited by him,

and he that invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man a place; and then with shame you take the last place.

But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; then you shall have honor in the presence of those that recline with you;

And he said also to him that had invited him, When you make a breakfast, or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also at some time invite you in return, and a compensation be made to you.

lest having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all who see ridicule him,

Salt, therefore, is good; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned?

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost sheep till he finds it.

and coming to the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found my sheep that was lost.

And when she finds it, she calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, Congratulate me, for I have found the drachma which I lost.

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

We ought also to rejoice and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

for the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost.

And he said to him, Well, good servant; because you have been faithful in the least, have authority over ten cities.

And last, the woman died also.

For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved;

Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you have become well; sin no more, lest a worse thing happen to you.

And when they were filled he said to his disciples, Collect the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be lost.

And this is the will of him that sent me; that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise it up at the last day.

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me shall draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

But they hearing, and being convicted by their consciences, went out, one by one, beginning with the oldest, even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

Martha said to him, I know that he will rise at the resurrection at the last day.

Nevertheless, many of the rulers believed on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogues;

He that rejects me and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day.

When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled;

that the word might be fulfilled which he said, Of those whom thou gayest me I have lost none.

In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

Then the commander going away with the officers brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned;

but if it is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against God.

to whom all from the least to the greatest attended, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.

and taking it out they used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall on the shoal, letting down the mast they were driven in that condition.

And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no slight storm being upon us, at last all hope that we should be saved was taken away.

and fearing lest we should fall on rough places, casting out four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day.

for the heart of this people has become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and they have shut their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should cure them.

For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the good news, not with a wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ should be without effect.

For the word of the cross is to the lost foolishness, but to the saved the power of God.

For I think that God has shown us the apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the lowest courts?

But beware lest your liberty should become an offense to the weak.

but I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest having preached to others I should myself be a reprobate.

so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.

and last of all he appeared to me also, as one born out of due time.

For I am the least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God;

The last enemy, death, shall be destroyed,

And thus it is written; The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead be raised, indestructible, and we shall be changed.

for we are a sweet odor of Christ to God, in the saved and in the lost,

But if our gospel is vailed it is vailed among the lost,

lest if the Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to say you, should be ashamed of this confidence.

but I fear lest as the serpent deceived Eve with his craftiness, so also your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ.

For if I shall wish to boast I shall not be foolish, for I will tell the truth. But I forbear, lest any one should think of me beyond what he sees or hears of me.

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

lest when I come again my God shall humble me before you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned, and not changed their minds, in respect to impurity and fornication and lewdness which they have committed.