'Town' in the Bible

Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that He will be called a Nazarene.

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

and leaving Nazareth He went and settled at Capernaum, a town by the Lake on the frontiers of Zebulun and Naphtali,

You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

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

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.

The whole town was assembled at the door,

"Let's go to the neighboring town," he replied, "so I can preach there, too, because that's why I came."

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.

Jesus went out from there and *came into His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.”

And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.

Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message].”

And enter wherever He might--village or town or hamlet--they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town--Himself and His disciples and a great crowd--Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus)

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

And every evening he went out of the town.

And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah

So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

For this day in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord (the Messiah).

When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff.

Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Soon afterward He was on His way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with Him.

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

Soon afterward He was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him.

And they went to another small town.

After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.

Heal the sick in that town and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come upon you!'

When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, "Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

So He entered Jericho and was passing through the town.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

A man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), a good and honorable man

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph.

for His disciples had gone into town to buy food.

Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men,

They left the town and made their way to Him.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.

The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.