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Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

Verse ConceptsMaryNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With Boyfriendmums

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Examples OfBeing Found OutInformation In SecretWhen?Kings Summoning

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfNazarethChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyBranches, Illustrating MessiahScriptures Fulfilled

Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Verse ConceptsFishesNetsFishermenWalkingTwo DisciplesChrist SeeingFishingLearning From JesusFishBuilding Relationshipslakes

Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofNetsMendingTwo DisciplesBoatsFishingRepairingChrist Summoning

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsCommands, in NTKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfTeachingInferiorityMisteachingGreatness Of DisciplesTeaching The Way Of GodUnimportant ThingsBreaking The Ten Commandmentsrelaxingrelaxation

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfChristlikenessBeelzebubGrowth Of EvilSlavesBecoming Like PeopleRelatives Also InvolvedAccused Of Being Demonised

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceChrist Summoning

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

Verse ConceptsCompassion, Of Christethics, socialHeart, DivineMercy, Of Jesus ChristPoverty, Attitudes TowardsReceptivenessUnselfishnessJesus Christ, Love OfFaintingChrist SummoningChrist With His DisciplesTired In ActivityFastingDiscipleshipNervousnessFeeding The Poor

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningSimplicityLoving Children

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalRulersWhat Foreigners DoChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItPeople With General KnowledgeGentilesExerciseServant Leadershipservanthooddominion

And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping StillChrist SummoningRight Desires

And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbersden.”

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionHouse Of GodSacrilegePeople In CavesStatus Of The Templethievesmarketing

and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsMarketplacesSpoken Greetingsrecognition

But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood

For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalOilPrivacySittingPeople Sitting DownChrist Going With PeopleChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus PrayingExamples of secret prayerbridges

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersBarabbasPeople Made Known

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree

Pilate *said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all *said, “Crucify Him!”

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristHatredWorldly DilemmasChrist Would Be Killedcrucifixion

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting LanguageBurying placesThe Crosscrucifixion

Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofdelay, humanHiringBoatsServants Of PeopleChrist Summoning

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningJesus Using Parables

Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningHalf brothersmomsSiblings

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningChrist Summoning

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

Verse ConceptsNo FoodChrist SummoningChrist With His Disciples

And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they *called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you.”

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningGet Up!Take Courage!

And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbersden.”

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodUnity, God's Goal OfPeople In CavesStatus Of The TempleThe Gospel To The Nationsthieves

The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort.

Verse ConceptsMustering TroopsRoyal HousesSoldiers Treatment Of Christ

And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

But his mother answered and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.”

Verse ConceptsDissentGod Naming Peopleluck

And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming PeopleRelativesFamily And Friends

And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsPeople Naming People

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;

Verse ConceptsForerunnersDivine MessengerPeople Going BeforeIndividual Prophets

Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

Verse ConceptsInfantsBoysCircumcision, physicalEight DaysFrom The WombLess Than A Year OldDedicationDevout mothersNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:

Verse ConceptsOrdinationTwelve DisciplesChosen DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionJudaismTwin Brotherszealots

Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

Verse ConceptsSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsThose Jesus HealedDemonsCasting Out Demons

He, however, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Child, arise!”

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesTaking By The HandGet Up!Raising Children

When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida.

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.”

Verse ConceptsSicknessrelaxing

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men.”’

Verse ConceptsServants Of The Lord

And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRepentance, Examples OfConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningPropertyaccounting

But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoChildlikenessLike ChildrenChildren And The KingdomChrist SummoningDo Not HinderPeople Of The KingdomBaptizing InfantsKidsChild Of Godbelonging

And he called out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyBe Merciful!pity

And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

Verse ConceptsWealthy People

When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsOthers Summoninginvesting

When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples,

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet.

Verse ConceptsEveningUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generally

And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

Verse ConceptsWhat Foreigners DoGentile RulersLording ItPeople BlessingExercise

While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds SeekingDrawing Near To ChristWhile Still SpeakingTwelve Disciplesserenityrelentless

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

Verse ConceptsPeople As RocksChrist SeeingPeople Renaming People

Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleJesus Christ, Omniscience OfAwarenessBeforeChrist Seeing

When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom,

Verse ConceptsTasteDrawing WaterProviding WineNot Knowing WhereKnowing FactsWhere From?Jesus As A Bridegroompotential

So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

Verse ConceptsTownPeople Giving Other Thingshumor

The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.”

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeThe Fact Of His Coming

Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.

Verse ConceptsGatesLanguagesPorchesFive ThingsHallsNamed Gatescrusades

He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.”

Verse ConceptsEyes Cared For

The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToUnbelief, As Response To GodNot Believing PeopleFrom Birth

So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.”

Verse ConceptsSpeaking AgainOthers Summoning

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodScripture, Inerrancy OfMen As GodsThe Word Of GodThe Bible

Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfResigned To DeathChrist With People On EarthChrist Going With PeopleTwin Brothers

When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningOthers SummoningBringing Men To Jesus

Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDisciples' MovementsTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsContemporary Witness To ChristWitnessingtestifyinglazarus

Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatJudgesLanguagesPavementsJudgement Seat

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristBackCalvaryCarrying The CrossSkullsBurying placesThe Crosscrusades

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithIncredulityTwelve DisciplesGone Away

Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

Verse ConceptsTwinsTwo DisciplesTwin BrothersDiscipleship

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in their own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

Verse ConceptsField Of BloodCovered With Blood

So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesLeadership Qualities

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),

Verse ConceptsBarnabasencouragement, examples ofBeing An EncouragerIslandsSonsPeople Renaming PeopleThe Apostles In ActionPeople Encouraging OthersEncouragementencouraging

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSanhedrinTeachersDaybreakTeaching In The ChurchAt DaybreakBringing People Out Of Other PlacesDisciples In The Temple