First At Last

On different occasions Jesus said that "the first shall be last, and the last shall be first." He said it in that unqualified form in Matthew 29:16: "So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." In Mark 9:35 the unqualified form again appears, but now as good counsel, "If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all." On different occasions Jesus said that "the first shall be last, and the last shall be first." He said...