14 Bible Verses about Disadvantages Of Crowds

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trampled one another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And he preached the word to them.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

When they could not find a way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.

And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."

When Jesus came to the ruler's house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd,

And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet; but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet."

And he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they should crush him.