But many {that are} first shall be last; and the last {shall be} first.

But many {that are} first shall be last; and the last first.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in {his} talk.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you {yourselves} thrust out.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide {is} the gate, and broad {is} the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow}

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received {it} not {as} the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Whether of them twain did the will of {his} father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where {are} the nine?

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, {the same} loveth little.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in {his} talk.

Because strait {is} the gate, and narrow {is} the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}

But many {that are} first shall be last; and the last {shall be} first.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

But many {that are} first shall be last; and the last first.

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

Whether of them twain did the will of {his} father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I {am} he; I {am} the first, I also {am} the last.

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever {is} fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which {was} Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw {it}, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman {this is} that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.