'And thou, Bethlehem in Judah's land, Art in no way least among the chief cities of Judah; For out of thee will come a Chieftain- - One who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

"If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for Scripture says- -'He will give his angels commands about thee, And on their hands they will upbear thee, Lest ever thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these commandments, even the least of them, and teaches others to do so, will be the least- esteemed in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever keeps them, and teaches others to do so, will be esteemed great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

I tell you, you will not come out until you have paid the last penny.

Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.

And the disciples came and roused him. "Master," they cried, "save us; we are lost!"

Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved."

But make your way rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

Jesus, however, was aware of what was passing in their minds, and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself becomes a desolation, and any town or household divided against itself will not last.

So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last?

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first. So, too, will it be with this wicked generation."

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, And their ears are dull of hearing, Their eyes also have they closed; Lest some day they should perceive with their eyes, And with their ears they should hear, And in their mind they should understand, and should turn--And I should heal them.'

"I was not sent," replied Jesus, "to any one except the lost sheep of Israel."

So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.

But many who are first now will then be last, and those who are last will be first.

In the evening the owner of the vineyard said to his steward 'Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first.

'These last,' they said, 'have done only one hour's work, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us, who have borne the brunt of the day's work, and the heat.'

Take what belongs to you, and go. I choose to give to this last man the same as to you.

So those who are last will be first, and the first last."

As a last resource he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

The woman herself died last of all.

Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.

Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.

And these last will go away 'into aeonian punishment,' but the righteous 'into aeonian life.'"

And no man ever puts new wine into old wine-skins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are lost. But new wine is put into fresh skins."

When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;

And when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.

So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last--his end has come!

'Though they have eyes, they may see without perceiving; And though they have ears, they may hear without understanding; Lest some day they should turn and be forgiven.'

Jesus was in the stern asleep upon the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: "Teacher! is it nothing to you that we are lost?"

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said: "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all."

But many who are first now will then be last, and the last will be first."

He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

All the seven died and left no family. The woman herself died last of all.

Lest he should come suddenly and find you asleep.

And 'On their hands they will upbear thee, Lest ever thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"

And they were all lost in amazement, and kept saying to one another: "What words are these? For he gives his commands to the foul spirits with a marvelous authority, and they come out."

For he and all who were with him were lost in amazement at the haul of fish which they had made;

The people, one and all, were lost in amazement, and praised God; and in great awe they said: "We have seen marvelous things to-day!"

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins; for, if he does, the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine itself will run out, and the skins be lost.

So the disciples came and roused him. "Sir, Sir," they cried, "we are lost!" Jesus rose and rebuked the wind and the rushing waves, and they fell, and a calm followed.

What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?

So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Baal-zebub.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first."

But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.

Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come."

You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last farthing."

there are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!"

And he who invited you both will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.

No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you 'Friend, come higher up'; and then you will be honored in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.

"What man among you who has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine out in the open country, and go after the lost sheep till he finds it?

And, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.'

For here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.' So they began making merry.

We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.'"

It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be lost.

The Son of Man has come to 'search for those who are lost' and to save them."

The woman herself was the last to die.

Yet not a single hair of your heads shall be lost!

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

On which Jesus said: "Let me at least do this"; and, touching his ear, he healed the wound.

And then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, said to Jesus: "Are you staying by yourself at Jerusalem, that you have not heard of the things that have happened there within the last few days?"

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed: "If any one thirsts, let him come to me, and drink.

And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands.

"I know that he will," replied Martha, "in the resurrection at the Last Day."

He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already--the very Message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last Day.

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

"At last," exclaimed the disciples, "you are using plain words and not speaking in figures at all.

Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

This was in fulfillment of his words-- 'Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.'

From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover.

'It shall come about in the last days,' God says, 'That I will pour out my Spirit on all mankind; your sons and your daughters shall become Prophets, your young men shall see visions, and your old men dream dreams;

The consequence was that people would bring out their sick even into the streets, and lay them on mattresses and mats, in the hope that, as Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some one of them.

Upon this Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he lost no time in setting out with them, accompanied by some of the Brethren from Jaffa;

For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the Prophet Samuel was the last.

(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)

And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, was gradually overcome with great drowsiness, as Paul continued his address. At last, quite overpowered by his drowsiness, he fell from the third story to the ground, and was picked up for dead.

As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

Yet, even as things are, I urge you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you--only the ship.

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said--

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, and their ears are dull of hearing, their eyes also have they closed; lest some day they should see with their eyes, and with their ears they should hear, and in their mind they should understand, and should turn--and I should heal them.'

Asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.

Being in the light of Day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

My mission from Christ was not to baptize, but to tell the Good News; not, however, in the language of philosophy, lest the cross of the Christ should be robbed of its meaning.

For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!

Do not deprive each other of what is due-unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer till you again live as man and wife-lest Satan should take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.

If I am not an Apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal that stamps me as an Apostle in union with the Lord.

No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.

Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, the abortion.

The last enemy to be overthrown is death;

That is what is meant by the words-'Adam, the first man, became a human being'; the last Adam became a Life-giving spirit.

At the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, shall be transformed.

Indeed, that which then had glory has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.

Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the Serpent by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.