irst, and there are first who shall be last.

(31)The same day came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Depart, and
begone from hence: for Herod will kill thee. (32)And he said to them,
Go tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and perform cures today
and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall be perfected. (33)But I
must go on to-day and to-morrow, and the day following: for it is
impossible that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

(34)O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest
those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy
children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings,
and ye would not! (35)Behold, your house is left unto you desolate:
verily I say unto you, That ye shall see me no more, till the day come
when ye shall say, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XIV.

AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the principal
Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watchfully
observant of him. (2)And, behold, there was a certain man who had a
dropsy, before him. (3)And Jesus addressing himself to the teachers of
the law and the Pharisees, spake, saying, Is it lawful to perform cures
on the sabbath? (4)And they said nothing. And he took him, and healed
him, and sent him away; (5)and addressing them, said, Whose ass or ox
is fallen into a pit, and doth he not immediately pull him out on the
sabbath-day? (6)And they were unable to answer him in opposition to
these things.

(7)Then he spake to those who were invited, a parable, when he observed
how they chose the principal seats; saying unto them, (8)When thou art
invited of any person to a marriage entertainment, recline not on the
principal couch; lest a more honourable personage than thyself be
invited by him; (9)and he that invited thee and him, coming say to
thee, Yield this person the place; and so thou shalt begin with shame
to go down to the lowest place. (10)But when thou art invited, go and
sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee comes, he
may say to thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have respect in
the presence of those who are seated with thee. (11)For every one who
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be
exalted.

(12)Then said he also to the person who had invited him, When thou
makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brethren,
nor thy relations, nor thy ric