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The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
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They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
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“Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”
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“But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”
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But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
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He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
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About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
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“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
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So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
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‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
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“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
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and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
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and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—
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The Parable of the Two Sons
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
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“Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
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Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
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Marriage at the Resurrection
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
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This is the first and greatest commandment.
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No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
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And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
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How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
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“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
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“Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
