'First' in the Bible

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

“Yes,” he said.When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, 'Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

This is the first and great commandment.

and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.