Quotes About Community

On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.

At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Phariseeís house and reclined at the table.

Joanna the wife of Herodís household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.

Then Jesusí mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.

He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.