And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.

Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.