'Calling' in the Bible

"The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders.

Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were full of wonder, and some, though they followed, did so with fear. Then, once more calling to Him the Twelve, He began to tell them what was about to happen to Him.

Then Jesus stood still. "Call him," He said. So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said; "rise, he is calling you."

Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

Demons also came out of many, loudly calling out, "You are the Son of God." But He rebuked them and forbad them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

They are like children sitting in the public square and calling out to one another, 'We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not shown sorrow.'

Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;

But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."

Then calling together the High Priests and the Rulers and the people, Pilate said,

Then, giving her his hand, he raised her to her feet and, calling to him God's people and the widows, he gave her back to them alive.

Then, calling for lights, he sprang in and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas;

But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring them out before the assembly of people.

After listening to this harangue, they became furiously angry and kept calling out, "Great is the Ephesian Diana!"

And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'

Then, calling to him two of the Captains, he gave his orders. "Get ready two hundred men," he said, "to march to Caesarea, with seventy cavalry and two hundred light infantry, starting at nine o'clock to-night."

No such teaching ever proceeded from Him who is calling you.

I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.

Then they heard a loud voice calling to them out of Heaven, and bidding them come up; and they went up to Heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them go.

And another, an angel, came out of the sanctuary, calling in a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, and saying, "Use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the hour for reaping it has come: the harvest of the earth is over-ripe."