'Last' in the Bible

I tell you with certainty, you will not get out of there until you pay back the last dollar!"

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

"These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!'

Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you.

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead.' Then the last deception would be worse than the first one."

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

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

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

None of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died, too.

Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.

When the centurion who stood facing Jesus saw how he had cried out and breathed his last, he said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"

I tell you, on the last day it will be easier for Sodom than for that town!"

Now, if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you pay back the last penny!"

You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.

Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit." After he said this, he breathed his last.

And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.

This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day,

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Martha told him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

The one who rejects me and doesn't receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I've spoken will judge him on the last day,

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.

For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by me

in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God's will I may at last succeed in coming to you.

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.

The last enemy to be done away with is death,

This, indeed, is what is written: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

in a moment, faster than an eye can blink, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.

I am giving you my opinion on this matter because it will be helpful to you. Last year you were not only willing to do something, but had already started to do it.

For I know how willing you are, and I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your enthusiasm has stimulated most of them.

as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed. However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

Now the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons,

You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.

has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.

your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasures in these last days.

For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.

First of all you must understand this: In the last days mockers will come and, following their own desires, will ridicule us

Little children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that an antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires."

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,

"To the messenger of the church in Smyrna, write: "The first and the last, who was dead and became alive, says this:

"I know what you've been doing your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance and that your last actions are greater than the first.

I saw another sign in heaven. It was both spectacular and amazing. There were seven angels with the seven last plagues, with which God's wrath is completed.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said, "Come! I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb."

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