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THE BOOK OF JACOB
THE BROTHER OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 5
  63 Graft in the branches; begin at the alast that they may be first, and that the first may be blast, and dig about the trees, both old and young, the first and the last; and the last and the first, that all may be nourished once again for the last time.

Footnotes
63a
Matt. 20: 16.
  16 So the alast shall be first, and the first last: for many be bcalled, but few chosen.
Mark 10: 31.
  31 aBut many that are bfirst shall be last; and the last first.
Luke 13: 30.
  30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are afirst which shall be last.
1 Ne. 13: 42.
  42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both unto the aJews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the blast shall be first, and the cfirst shall be last.
Ether 13: 12 (10-12).
  12 And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith, there are they who were afirst, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first.
b
Matt. 19: 30.
  30 But many that are afirst shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Jacob 4: 17.
  17 And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected the sure foundation, can aever build upon it, that it may become the head of their corner?
D&C 29: 30.
  30 But remember that all my judgments are not given unto men; and as the words have gone forth out of my mouth even so shall they be fulfilled, that the afirst shall be last, and that the last shall be first in all things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power, which is the power of my bSpirit.