verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'

and many first shall be last, and last first.

And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first.

that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.

take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

And he answering said, 'I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.

'And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

and last of all died also the woman;

and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'