Jesus owed a home – his own home – in Capernium, which was his base of operations. That's not a quotation from the Bible, therefore I will show scripture that leads one to that conclusion. Just as the Bible does not use the word "Trinity" when referring to the Godhead and people still accurately deduce the Trinity from scripture, so you may deduce here that Jesus was a home owner.
Understanding that Jesus owned a home is not as weighty a matter as understanding the Trinity, but it's still relatively important because people base their doctrines on what they believe about Jesus. If they view him as a homeless beggar, they are going to emulate him by becoming monks and taking vows of poverty. They will be begging for bread from the producers in society, and at the same time condemning those producers for not being as holy as they are. But if they believe just the opposite, then their whole outlook on Christianity is changed.
This Bible study has three parts: The Foundation, The Fact and The Fullness and concluded with The Finish.
The Foundation
There is only one place in the Bible that suggests Jesus was homeless, recorded in Matthew 8:20 and Luke 9:58. This is the quote from Luke 9:51-58.
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they went to another village.
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
