I assure you, you will not be discharged till you have paid to the very last farthing.

if satan expels satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom last?

then he goes and takes seven other spirits besides himself, but more mischievous than himself, and they all enter in and lodge there: so that the last state of that man is worse than the first. just so shall it likewise fare with this wicked generation.

but many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

at last, about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, why do you stand idling thus all day long?

so when even was come, the master of the vineyard said to his steward, call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.

last of all they came who were hired first, expecting to have received more, but they had only a penny a man,

these last have work'd but an hour, and you put them upon the level with us, who have born the whole fatigue and heat of the day.

take your due, and be gone: I will give the last the same I give you.

thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for though many are invited, few have precedence.

but last of all, he sent his son, saying, they will reverence my son.

last of all the woman died too:

but they found none: and though many false witnesses came, it was not found sufficient. at last there came two false witnesses, who charg'd him with saying,

pray therefore order a guard to be posted at the sepulchre till the third day, for fear his disciples should come and steal him away, and then tell the people, "he is risen from the dead:" for this last imposture would be of worse consequence than the first.

if a kingdom be divided against it self, that kingdom cannot last.

and earnestly intreated him, saying, "my little daughter is at the last extremity, pray come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and live."

then sitting down, he address'd himself to the twelve, saying, he that would be the first, must be the last of all, and the servant of all.

but they that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

they will treat him with ignominy, subject him to the lash, spit upon him, and at last put him to death. but on the third day he will rise again.

at last, having one only son, whom he loved, he sent him to them; surely, said he, they will reverence my son.

so that all the seven married her, but left no children. last of all she died.

so that if the Lord should suffer it to last, no man could escape: but he will not suffer the time to last long, out of regard to his elect.

at last there appear'd some, who gave in false evidence against him,

being forty days tempted by the devil, without eating any thing all that while: but that time expired, he at last was seiz'd with hunger.

then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself: they all enter in and dwell there, and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.

I tell you, you will not get out, till you have paid to the last farthing.

then you will see those, who were last, become first: and those who were first, become last.

but when you are invited, go place your self last; that he, who invited you, when he comes, may say to you, friend, go up higher: and that will do you honour before all the company at table.

a servant cannot serve two masters: for either he will neglect the one, and attend the other; or he will be attached to the first, and misbehave to the last. you cannot serve God and mammon.

at last the woman died too.

at last Pilate said to the chief priests, and to the people, I don't find any crime in this man.

and said to him, 'tis usual to present the best wine first, and afterwards the worse, when the guests have drank pretty freely: but you have reserved the best wine to the last.

and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this,

I say, is the will of him that sent me, that every one who observes the son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

no man can come to me, except the father who hath sent me, conduct him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

In the last day, the most solemn day of the feast, Jesus being there, raised his voice, and said, if any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.

Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection of the last day.

he that rejecteth me, and does not embrace my doctrine, hath one that condemns him: the doctrine that I have delivered, that shall condemn him in the last day.

I bid you farewell! I give you my last farewell; but I do not give it out of common formality: don't be concern'd for me, or apprehensive for your selves.

"it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men dream dreams:

after they had been severely lash'd, they were thrown into prison, the jayler being charg'd to keep them safe.

at last Alexander was disengag'd from the croud, and accus'd by the Jews. then he waved his hand, desiring to make his defence before them all.

accordingly Paul went to the men, and the next day was purified with them; then entring into the temple, he declar'd how long the time of the purification was to last, and when the offering was to be made for each of them.

when the commanding officer order'd him to be brought into the castle, and put to the question by the lash, in order to find out the reason of their exclamations against him.

for it seems as if God had exposed us apostles the last upon the stage, as persons appointed to death. for we are made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

there is the same difference between a married woman and a virgin: the last is religiously concern'd to be holy, both in body and mind: but she that is married is taken up with worldly cares to please her husband.

and last of all, he was seen by me too, who am as it were an abortive;

the last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death.

and so it is written, the first man Adam was made an animating soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall rise incorruptible; but as for us, we shall be changed.

God who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON,

and your gold and silver by rust: that rust shall convict you: that rust shall corrode your flesh like a caustic, which you have treasur'd up against the last days.

As for those who have renounc'd the pollutions of the world, by their owning Jesus Christ for their Lord and saviour, if they are prevail'd upon to be entangled therein again, their last state is worse than the first.

Above all things you are to know, that in these last times, impostors will appear, who will abandon themselves to their own sensual passions, whose cry will be,

Dear children, the last time is come: as ye have heard that antichrist was to come, accordingly many antichrists have already appeared; whereby we know that we are now in the last times.

for they assur'd you, there would be impostors in the last days, who would follow their own impious passions.

saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, what you shall see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

as soon as I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: but he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last:

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna, write, "THESE things saith the first and last, who was dead, and is alive."

your charitable offices, your faith, and your patience, and that your last works exceed the first.

they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word to which they gave testimony; for their lives they expos'd to the last.

I saw another prodigy in heaven, great and marvellous, SEVEN ANGELS, having the seven last plagues, for by them the divine vengeance is consummated.

Then there came to me one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, "come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the lamb's wife."

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.