'Town' in the Bible

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

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

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: "Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

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.

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

The whole town gathered by the door.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

Everyone went to his own town to be registered.

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

So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

"Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

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

But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.'

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

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

Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

(For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.)

Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,

So they left the town and began coming to him.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing."

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.

The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."