truly I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last halfpenny of your debt.

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. This is how it will be with the present evil generation."

he has no root in himself, he does not last, but when the word brings trouble or persecution he is at once repelled.

Many who are first shall be last, and many who are last shall be first.

Now when evening came the master of the vineyard said to his bailiff, 'Summon the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going on to the first.'

'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'

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

So shall the last be first and the first last."

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last

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.

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last farthing of your debt."

Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.

It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."

No one is able to come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me (and I will raise him up on the last day).

He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life (and I will raise him up on the last day),

Now on the last day, the great day, of the festival, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is athirst, let him come to me and drink;

"I know," said Martha, "he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."

He who rejects me and will not receive my words has indeed a judge: the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day,

When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now at last the Son of man is glorified, and in him God is glorified: [if God is glorified in him,]

His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.

Jesus replied, "You believe it, at last?

No, this is what was predicted by the prophet Joel ??17 In the last days, saith God, then will I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams:

till the commander ordered him to be taken inside the barracks and examined under the lash, so as to find out why the people shouted at him in this way.

for many days neither sun nor stars could be seen, the storm raged heavily, and at last we had to give up all hope of being saved.

For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve, stood before me,

asking if I may at last be sped upon my way to you by God's will.

Thus 'faith and hope and love last on, these three,' but the greatest of all is love.

(Death is the last foe to be put down.)

Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';

Here is a secret truth for you: not all of us are to die, but all of us are to be changed ??52 changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet-call. The trumpet will sound, the dead will rise imperishable, and we shall be changed.

for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us (by myself and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not 'yes and no' ??the divine 'yes' has at last sounded in him,

Such being my hope then, I am quite frank and open ??13 not like Moses, who used to hang a veil over his face to keep the children of Israel from gazing at the last rays of a fading glory.

But I will tell you what I think about it; it is to your interest to go on with this enterprise, for you started it last year, you were the first not merely to do anything but to want to do anything.

I know how willing you are, I am proud of it, I have boasted of you to the Macedonians: "Achaia," I tell them, "was all ready last year." And your zeal has been a stimulus to the majority of them.

by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!

Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days.

The last drops of my own sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come.

your gold and silver lie rusted over, and their rust will be evidence against you, it will devour your flesh like fire. [Moved to the end of 5:1] You have been storing up treasure in the very last days;

and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour.

After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first.

To begin with, you know that mockers will come with their mockeries in the last days, men who go by their own passions,

Children, it is the last hour. You have learned that 'Antichrist is coming.' Well, but many antichrists have appeared ??which makes us sure it is the last hour.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; but he laid his hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and Last,

Then to the angel of the church at Smyrna write thus: ??These are the words of the First and Last, who was dead and came to life:

Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and marvellous: seven angels with seven plagues ??the last plagues, for they complete the wrath of God.

Then he said, "All is over! I am the alpha and the omega, the First and the Last. I will let the thirsty drink of the fountain of the water of Life without price.

Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues; and he spoke to me thus, "Come, and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb."

[Relocated to follow vs 16] I am the alpha and the omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end.