'First' in the Bible

The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house.

Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.

But the Pharisee seeing it wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.

Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.

In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;

Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.

And the first came up, saying, My Lord, thy mina has produced ten minas.

There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately.