14 Bible Verses about Disadvantages Of Crowds
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Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.
and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,
Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd.
He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.
And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.
Then He said to them, "Come away, all of you, to a quiet place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, so that they had no time even for meals.
Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."
And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet.
The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.
and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."
So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.
