'First' in the Bible

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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

And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

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

'Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'

suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

And his disciples questioned him, saying, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,

but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

and many first shall be last, and last first.

And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first.

'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, 'The first.' Jesus saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

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

'And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

this is a first and great command;

'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, 'Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

No one is able the vessels of the strong man -- having entered into his house -- to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

And he answering said to them, 'Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

and Jesus answered him -- 'The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength -- this is the first command;

and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,

and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, 'Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria --

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

And another also said, 'I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

'And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

'Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

'And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

'And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

'Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end is not immediately.'

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain others with them,

this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)

and saith to him, 'Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.

and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,

The soldiers, therefore, came, and of the first indeed they did break the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him,

and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

and the two were running together, and the other disciple did run forward more quickly than Peter, and came first to the tomb,

then, therefore, entered also the other disciple who came first unto the tomb, and he saw, and did believe;

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, 'Peace to you;'

to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

and when they were come unto him, he said to them, 'Ye -- ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;

knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;

but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

first, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God;