'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 his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Thou hypocrite, cast out first 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 the 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 how can one enter into the house of the strong man, 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 evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up 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 Elijah must first come?

He saith, Yea. And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive toll or tribute? from their sons, or from strangers?

But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

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

And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

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

and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

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

Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, 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 in like manner.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

This is the great and first commandment.

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?

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

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

But no one can enter into the house of the strong man , and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man ; and then he will spoil his house.

The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

And he said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things: and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be set at nought?

And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

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

and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples say unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou mayest eat the passover?

And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

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

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

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

Then goeth he, and taketh to him'seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye 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 they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

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

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.

for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

and led him to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him:

And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.

And they ran both together: and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the tomb;

Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, who came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed.

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.

when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,

having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:

Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)--

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;