Jesus Calls the First Disciples

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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,

The Parable of the Two Sons

“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.

The Passover with the Disciples

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.”

The Resurrection

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.

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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.

The Passover with the Disciples

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 16:9–20.]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

[[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.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

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.”

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’

Then it goes and brings 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.”

The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

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

The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.

And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”

The Resurrection

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,

He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”

And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.

His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

The Resurrection

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,

God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit.

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.

Eutychus Raised from the Dead

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.

And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,

Longing to Go to Rome

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.”

If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.

If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.

The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Now I urge you, brothers—you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints—

Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace.

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.

You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first,

so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

The Preeminence of Christ

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

Stand Firm

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Pray for All People

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

For Adam was formed first, then Eve;

And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!

And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.”

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,

and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The Earthly Holy Place

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.

For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.

These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties,

By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing

Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.

then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.

We love because he first loved us.

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

To the Church in Smyrna

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.

“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

The Throne in Heaven

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.

The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

The First Beast

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

The New Heaven and the New Earth

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”