" 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' "

Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven.

I tell you, you will never get out again until you have paid the last penny!

And they came and woke him up, saying, "Save us, sir! We are lost!"

but proceed instead to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and any city or household that is disunited cannot last.

If Satan is driving Satan out, he is disunited, and so how can his kingdom last?

But he answered, "I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."

In just that way, it is the will of my Father in heaven that not a single one of these children be lost.

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

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

and said, 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have put them on the same footing with us who have done the heavy work of the day and have stood the midday heat.'

Take what belongs to you and go. I wish to give the last man hired as much as I give you.

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