Quotes About Community

Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.

He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ëFather, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

Give us each day our daily bread.

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ëFriend, lend me three loaves of bread,

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.í

And suppose the one inside answers, ëDo not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.í

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Then you will say, ëWe ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.í

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ëFriend, move up to a better place.í Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,