What Does the Bible Say About Cafarnaum?

Matthew 4:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Luke 10:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.

John 4:46 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.

Matthew 11:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Matthew 9:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.

John 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

Luke 7:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.”

Luke 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

Mark 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.

Matthew 8:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

James 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 2:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Acts 1:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” ...

John 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

John 6:59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.

John 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

John 4:46-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. ...

John 4:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.)

John 4:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

Luke 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ ...

Luke 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

Luke 7:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.” ...

Luke 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

Luke 5:17-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no 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. And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ...

Luke 4:38-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

Luke 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,

Luke 4:16-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ...

Mark 2:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ...

Mark 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching.

Mark 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Matthew 17:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?”

Matthew 11:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 10:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

Matthew 9:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Matthew 8:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.

Matthew 4:13-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

Matthew 4:12-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” ...

Amos 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord: “In all the squares there shall be wailing, and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

Jeremiah 51:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

Jeremiah 31:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.

Genesis 10:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.

Genesis 9:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

53 Bible Verses about Cafarnaum

Matthew 4:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:46 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 8:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 1:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:59 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:46-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 5:17-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:38-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:16-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 2:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 17:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 4:13-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:12-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Amos 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 51:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 31:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 10:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 9:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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