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.