Quotes About Community

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

and He began to teach them, saying:

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

Give us this day our daily bread.

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.

Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthewís house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

And the news about this spread throughout that region.

But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”

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

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

As you enter the home, greet its occupants.

If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you.

Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophetís reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous manís reward.

To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: