Quotes About Community

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”

Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ëevery matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.í

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.í”

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

ëBecause no one has hired us,í they answered. So he told them, ëYou also go into my vineyard.í

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

And He declared to them, “It is written: ëMy house will be called a house of prayer.í But you are making it ëa den of robbers.í”

The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.í

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.