When He says, The first shall be last, and the last first,” He alludes secretly to such as were at the first eminent, and afterwards set at nought virtue; and to others who have been reclaimed from wickedness, and have surpassed many. So that this parable was made to quicken the zeal of those who are converted in extreme old age, that they should not suppose that they shall have less than others.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).