Quotes About Community

And the second is like it: ëLove your neighbor as yourself.í

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Mosesí seat.

They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on menís shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ëRabbií by which they are addressed.

But you are not to be called ëRabbi,í for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.í

Then the righteous will answer Him, ëLord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?í

And the King will reply, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.í

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.í

Then the King will answer, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.í

While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedeeís sons.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”