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Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus who is called the Christ.

Verse ConceptsMaryNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With Boyfriendmums

So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualSanhedrinTeachers Of The LawAssembling LeadersAsking Particular QuestionsChrist's OriginThe Chief Priests Convened

He went to a town called Nazareth and made his home there, so that the saying of the prophet was fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

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

And as He was going on from that point, He saw two others, brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, getting their nets in order; and He called them.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofNetsMendingTwo DisciplesBoatsFishingRepairingChrist Summoning

The pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and the slave should be satisfied to become like his master. If men have called the Head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they heap upon the members of His family!

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

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

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 little child to Him, and had him stand in the midst of them,

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningSimplicityLoving Children

Then his master called to him, and said, 'I cancelled all that huge debt of yours, because you pleaded with me to do so.

Verse ConceptsCancelling DebtsOthers SummoningPeople Forgiving OthersDebt

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them.

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

And Jesus stopped and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping StillChrist SummoningRight Desires

and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionHouse Of GodSacrilegePeople In CavesStatus Of The Templethievesmarketing

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

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

So when they met for this purpose, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree

Pilate asked them, "What then shall I do with Jesus. the so-called Christ?" They all answered, "Have Him crucified!"

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristHatredWorldly DilemmasChrist Would Be Killedcrucifixion

When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull,

Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting LanguageBurying placesThe Crosscrucifixion

He at once called them. They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and went after Him.

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

So He called them to Him, and continued speaking to them in short stories, as follows: "How can Satan drive out Satan?

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningJesus Using Parables

Again He called the people to Him and said, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningChrist Summoning

In those days when a great crowd again had gathered and they had nothing to eat, He called His disciples to Him, and said,

Verse ConceptsNo FoodChrist SummoningChrist With His Disciples

Then Jesus called them to Him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them;

Verse ConceptsRulersWhat Foreigners DoAuthorityChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItExerciserecognition

And He continued teaching them and saying, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a cave for robbers."

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

David himself called him Lord, so how can He be his son?" Most of the people liked to hear Him.

Verse ConceptseagernessCrowdsPopularity Of Christ

And He called His disciples to Him and said, "I solemnly say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the collection-box.

Verse ConceptsOutdoingChrist With His Disciples

Then they came to the place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalPrivacyPeople Sitting DownChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus Praying

Then the soldiers led Him away to a place inside the court yard, that is, of the governor's palace, and they called the whole battalion together.

Verse ConceptsMustering TroopsRoyal HousesSoldiers Treatment Of Christ

And listen! your relative, Elizabeth, has herself too become pregnant, although she is old, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

Verse ConceptsForerunnersDivine MessengerPeople Going BeforeIndividual Prophets

And Joseph too went up from Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to the town of David in Judea called Bethlehem, because he was a descendant of the house and family of David,

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

When day came, He called His disciples to Him, and selected from them twelve whom He also named apostles:

Verse ConceptsOrdinationTwelve DisciplesChosen DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionJudaismTwin Brotherszealots

Soon afterwards He chanced to go to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng of people were going along with Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

So John called two of them to him and sent them to the Lord, to ask, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?"

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples Of John The BaptistDifferent PersonWho Is Jesus?reassurance

and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had gone,

Verse ConceptsSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsThose Jesus HealedDemonsCasting Out Demons

Now the apostles returned and told Jesus all that they had done. Then He took them and privately retired to a town called Bethsaida.

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

As soon as Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disease!"

Verse ConceptsSicknessrelaxing

I no longer deserve to be called your son; just treat me like one of your hired men."'

Verse ConceptsServants Of The Lord

His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your opinion; I no longer deserve to be called your son; just treat me like one of your hired men.'

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

Then he called one of the servant-boys and asked him what this meant.

Verse ConceptsAsking

So he called the manager to him and said, 'What is this that I am hearing about you? Balance your accounts and show how you are conducting my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer.'

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningPropertyaccounting

So he called in each of his master's debtors, and asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Verse ConceptsDebtMoney Managementcheatersaccounting

So he called and said, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am ceaselessly tortured in this flame.'

Verse ConceptsLimitednessTongueDrinking WaterFire Of HellFingers Of PeoplePeople Showing Mercylazarus

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

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

Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsOthers Summoninginvesting

When He approached Bethphage and Bethany by the hill called the Mount of Olives, He sent on two of His disciples, and

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

Now during the days He continued to teach in the temple, but He would go out and spend the nights on the hill called the Mount of Olives;

Verse ConceptsEveningUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near.

Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generally

Then Pilate called a meeting of the high priests, the leaders of the council, and the people,

Verse ConceptsRulersAssembling LeadersThe Chief Priests Convened

On that very day, strange to say, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearTwo Disciples

Nathaniel said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "While you were still under the fig tree, before Philip called you, I saw you."

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleJesus Christ, Omniscience OfAwarenessBeforeChrist Seeing

As soon as the manager tasted the water just turned into wine, without knowing where it came from, although the servants who had drawn the water did know, he called the bridegroom

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

So He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

Verse ConceptsTownPeople Giving Other Thingshumor

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeThe Fact Of His Coming

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-gate there is a pool called in Hebrew Bethzatha, which has five porticoes,

Verse ConceptsGatesLanguagesPorchesFive ThingsHallsNamed Gatescrusades

He answered, "The man called Jesus made some clay and rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash them.' So when I had gone and washed them I could see."

Verse ConceptsEyes Cared For

But the Jews did not believe that he had really been blind and that he had come to see again, until they called the parents of the man who saw again,

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 God the praise; we know this man is a sinner."

Verse ConceptsSpeaking AgainOthers Summoning

If men to whom God's message came are called gods -- and the Scriptures cannot be made null and void --

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

On saying this she went back and called her sister Mary, whispering to her, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningOthers SummoningBringing Men To Jesus

So the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and began to say, "What are we to do? For this man is certainly performing many wonder-works.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSigns Of The TimesProphecies Concerning ChristPlottingSigns Performed By ChristThe Chief Priests Convenedaccomplishment

It was for this reason that Jesus no more appeared in public among the Jews, but He left that part of the country and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples.

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDisciples' MovementsTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

The crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead, kept on talking about it.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsContemporary Witness To ChristWitnessingtestifyinglazarus

So Pilate went back into the governor's palace and called Jesus and asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Verse ConceptsJews, TheRoyal HousesChrist Is King Of Israel

On hearing this Pilate had Jesus brought out and had Him sit on the judge's bench at the place called the Stone Platform, or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatJudgesLanguagesPavementsJudgement Seat

and He went out carrying the cross by Himself to a spot called The Place of the Skull, or in Hebrew, Golgotha.

Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristBackCalvaryCarrying The CrossSkullsBurying placesThe Crosscrusades

Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came in.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithIncredulityTwelve DisciplesGone Away

Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus, were all together.

Verse ConceptsTwinsTwo DisciplesTwin BrothersDiscipleship

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, only half a mile away.

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

It became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that this piece of land was called in their language Akeldamach, that is, The Field of Blood.)

Verse ConceptsField Of BloodCovered With Blood

Then they nominated two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesLeadership Qualities

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into 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 still clinging to Peter and John, all the people in utter amazement crowded around them in what was called Solomon's portico.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all about the name of Jesus.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersSpeaking In Christ's NameMen's OrdersTeaching The Way Of Godpreaching

So they obeyed, and about the break of day they went into the temple square and began to teach. The high priest and his party arrived and called a meeting of the council and the whole senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have the men brought in.

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

And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called 'The Straight Street,' and ask at the house of Judas for one named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is now praying there.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsStraight Paths

And all who heard him were astounded and said, "Is not this the man who harassed those who called upon this name in Jerusalem, and has come here expressly for the purpose of putting them in chains and taking them back to the high priests?"

Verse ConceptsPrisonersKilling DisciplesCalling In Christ's NameIs It Really?Tying Up

So now send men to Joppa and invite over a man named Simon, who is also called Peter.

After the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants, and a religious soldier who was one of his devoted attendants,

Verse ConceptsDevout MenTwo Other Men

and they called and inquired if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsStaying Temporarily

So send to Joppa and invite Simon, who is called Peter, to come over. He is being entertained at the house of a tanner named Simon, by the seashore.'

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfSeashoresStaying Temporarily

Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say to him, 'Send to Joppa and invite Simon, who is called Peter, to come over;

Verse ConceptsAngels, as God's messengers

When he became conscious of his situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, were a large number of people had met and were praying.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodHousesPrayer, In The ChurchSleeplessnessPrayer MeetingsChurch GatheringsPraying TogetherPrayer During PersecutionIdentity