“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”
Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet:
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
“And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah.
leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”
Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?”
However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’
Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.
So the last will be first, and the first last.”
and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,
“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
This is the great and first commandment.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”
Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.
And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9&endash;20.][[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
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