²⁸ [^LThere; In that place] You will cry and ·grind [gnash] your teeth [^Cindicating pain and remorse, or perhaps anger at the master; see Ps. 35:16] when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s kingdom, but you yourselves thrown outside. ²⁹ People will come from the east, west, north, and south and will ·sit down at the table [^Lrecline; ^Cthe posture for a banquet or dinner party] in the kingdom of God [^Cthe messianic banquet, a metaphor for God’s final salvation; Is. 25:6–8]. ³⁰ [Indeed; ^LLook; ^TBehold] There are those who are last now who will be first in the future. And there are those who are first now who will be last in the future.”