'First' in the Bible

leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

Then another of his disciples told him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That's just what will happen to this evil generation!"

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"

So the disciples asked him, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

He answered, "Yes." When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?"

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

"When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well.

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Which of the two did the father's will?" They answered, "The first one."

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead.' Then the last deception would be worse than the first one."

After the Sabbaths, around dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to take a look at the burial site.