“... The fourth Coptic saying: 'Jesus said, "The man old in his days will not hesitate to ask a little child of seven days about the place (topos) of life, and he will live. For many (that are) first will be last and they will be(come) only one"' (81:4-10). The Greek text, which varies slightly, can be restored with great probability except for the last line. [...] '[Jesus says,] "A ma[n full of d]ays will not hesitate to ask a ch[ild of seven da]ys about the place of [life and he will live.] For many (that are) fi[rst] will be [last and] the last will be first and they [will have eternal life]."' [...] polloi esontai ...: Quoted ad litteram from Mk [...], whereas Mt 19:30 omits hoi before the second eschatoi. The form in Lk 13:30 is slightly different (Huck-Lietzmann, Synopse, p. 147). Cf. also Mt 20:16. Evelyn White (p. 16) has a remark that is worth quoting here. 'The Saying—however we restore it—is a remarkable instance of that salient characteristic of the Oxyrhynchus collection as a whole—the mixture of elements at once parallel to and divergent from the Synoptics. For while the first part of the Saying has nothing exactly similar in the Synoptics, it nevertheless seems related to a clearly marked group of episodes in the Gospels. On the other hand the second part of the Saying corresponds exactly with the Synoptic version .... The Synoptics and the Saying are indeed so close that it is incredible that the two are independent, and the evidence ... goes to show that it is the writer of the Sayings who is the borrower.' 26. kai [zoen aionion hexou]sin: I am at a loss to restore the end of this saying properly according to the version in the Coptic. Is it possible that the Coptic has changed the text here or that it is based on a different Greek recension? ...”