Town

Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.

So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.

So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

…and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

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

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

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

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

…and the whole town gathered at the door.

But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

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

In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

And everyone went to his own town to register.

When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

Then 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. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.

Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:

When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.

When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.

“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.

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

Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

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

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

…who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

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

So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.