Luke 13:30

First which shall be last. Jesus repeated this saying upon various occasions (see Matthew 19:30; 20:16) as a warning to those who considered themselves certain of admission to the kingdom of the Messiah on the basis that they were children of Abraham. Those who had the best chance to enter had not taken advantage of their opportunities (see Vol. IV, pp. 26-33), but had slighted the advantages accorded them (see on Luke 14:18-24). The Gentiles, whom the Jews despised and considered unworthy and ineligible to enter the kingdom, would, in many instances, more certainly obtain a place at the Messianic table, for the simple reason that they had made better use of their opportunities than had the Jews.