But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

So the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.’

So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’

But the father said to his slaves, ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!