'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.

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.

“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

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.

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.

The whole town was assembled at the door,

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.

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,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

“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.’

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.

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.”

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David once lived?”

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.

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.

Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, with the crowds, intended to offer sacrifice.

After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

After they had evangelized that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”

So they came and apologized to them, and escorting them out, they urged them to leave town.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.

The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town: