#1 of The Book of Mark Chapter 2:
Mark 2: 1-4 And again He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised the He was in the house And straightway many were gathered together, in so much that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and He preached the Word unto them. It didn't take long before people were aware of Jesus in their midst. Don't we wish it were that way now? Word traveled fast. The Word was back in town. And here is that word of immediacy again -"straightway"- many came together. This meeting didn't evolve - it happened. They moved in on Jesus and the small house and He was in quickly ran out of room. Nothing like company barging in without invitation or notice to make you a cranky host. Folks filled up the house and even crowded around the door. In the midst of all this Jesus never got cranky, never lost focus of His calling. He did what He came for. He saw what they lacked and He had what they needed - they needed the Word, a mess