32 Bible Verses about Others Summoning

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, "Go and select for yourselves a lamb or young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animals.

So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him,

Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord had put skill -- everyone whose heart stirred him to volunteer to do the work,

Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come up.

Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Yes, do so." So the young girl went and got the child's mother.

Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I didn't call you. Go back and lie down." So he went back and lay down.

The Lord again called, "Samuel!" So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I didn't call you, my son. Go back and lie down."

Then the Lord called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me!" Eli then realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy.

However, Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."

Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.

Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent a message to you saying, 'Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there."' Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!"

But Absalom said, "Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let's hear what he has to say."

They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

He told his servant Gehazi, "Ask the Shunammite woman to come here." So he did so and she came to him.

Elisha told him, "Ask her to come here." So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.

Elisha called to Gehazi and said, "Get the Shunammite woman." So he did so and she came to him. He said to her, "Take your son."

In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king's eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her and she was requested by name.

But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, 'Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.'

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

He said to her, "Go call your husband and come back here."

Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.