but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

Many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."

He had still one left, a beloved son; he sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

none of the seven left any offspring. Last of all the woman died too.