'First' in the Bible

While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

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

Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their living-place: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation.

Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

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 a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

So the last will be first, and the first last.

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

This is the first and greatest rule.

And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,

You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.

Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.