'First' in the Bible

leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, 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.

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

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

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

Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

Suffer both to grow together unto the harvest, and in time of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen, Gather first the darnel, and bind it into bundles to burn it; but the wheat bring together into my granary.

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

And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things.

But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee.

But many first shall be last, and last first.

But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;

But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in my vineyard.

Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.

Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.

This is the great and first commandment.

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

Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.

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

Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.

But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong man unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

But Jesus said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:

And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.

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

and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.

and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

and the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they slew the passover, his disciples say to him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?

And very early on the first day of the week they come to the sepulchre, the sun having risen.

Now when he had risen very early, the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

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.

He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

and says to him, Every man sets on first the good wine, and when men have well drunk, then the inferior; thou hast kept the good wine till now.

For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under.

Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast the stone at her.

and departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.

Now his disciples knew not these things at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.

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

The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;

And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.

And on the first day of the week Mary of Magdala comes in early morn to the tomb, while it was still dark, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb.

And the two ran together, and the other disciple ran forward faster than 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, which was the first day of the week, and the doors shut where the disciples were, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace be to you.

I composed the first discourse, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one of you from your wickedness.

But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.

and thence to Philippi, which is the first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city certain days.

And the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the discourse till midnight.

And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,

but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

namely, whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of the dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

But the centurion, desirous of saving Paul, hindered them of their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, casting themselves first into the sea, to get out on land;

First, 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 glad tidings; for it is God's power to salvation, to every one that believes, both to Jew first and to Greek:

tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

but glory and honour and peace to every one that works good, both to Jew first and to Greek:

Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God.

But I say, Has not Israel known? First, Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy through them that are not a nation: through a nation without understanding I will anger you.

or who has first given to him, and it shall be rendered to him?

whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)

For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit to it.