Lexicon :: Strong's G4413 - prōtos

“leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

“But seek first the kingdom of God[fn] and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

“Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.

“Lord,” another of his disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”

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

“How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

“Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’ ”

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

“But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin.[fn] Take it and give it to them for me and you.”

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

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’

“So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.

“So the last will be first, and the first last.”[fn]

“and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go work in the vineyard today.’

“Which of the two did his father’s will? ”

They said, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

“Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

“Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

“This is the greatest and most important[fn] command.

“Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup,[fn] so that the outside of it[fn] may also become clean.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover? ”

“So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

“But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

“The soil produces a crop by itself ​— ​first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

An opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ”

Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”

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

“and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

“There were seven brothers. The first married a woman, and dying, left no offspring.

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all? ”

“And it is necessary that the gospel be preached to all nations.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover so that you may eat it? ”

[Early on the first day of the week, after he had risen, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

This first registration took place while[fn] Quirinius was governing Syria.

“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam of wood in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter in your brother’s eye.

Then he said to another, “Follow me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”

“Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’

“Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first.”

When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that he did not first perform the ritual washing[fn] before dinner.

Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

“Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

“But without exception[fn] they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?