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and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother of JESUS who is called CHRIST.

Verse ConceptsMaryNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With Boyfriendmums

and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

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

And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew--throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers.

Verse ConceptsFishesNetsFishermenWalkingTwo DisciplesChrist SeeingFishingLearning From JesusFishBuilding Relationshipslakes

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

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofNetsMendingTwo DisciplesBoatsFishingRepairingChrist Summoning

Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

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 were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;

Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?

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

Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceChrist Summoning

But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."

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

So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand in the midst of them,

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningSimplicityLoving Children

At once his master called him and said, "'Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:

Verse ConceptsCancelling DebtsOthers SummoningPeople Forgiving OthersDebt

But Jesus called them to Him, 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

So Jesus stood still and called to them. "What shall I do for you?" He asked.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping StillChrist SummoningRight Desires

"It is written," He said, "'My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionHouse Of GodSacrilegePeople In CavesStatus Of The Templethievesmarketing

Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusLeavingThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The TempleThings Manifestattention

"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

At that time one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the High Priests

Verse ConceptsChief priestsTwelve DisciplesThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristMoney Management

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

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

and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersBarabbasPeople Made Known

So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?"

Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree

"What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristHatredWorldly DilemmasChrist Would Be Killedcrucifixion

So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it."

Verse ConceptsGesturesTumultCrowdsInnocence, Examples OfResponsibility, Examples OfSymbolsWashingExcitementDisorder Among PeopleResponsibility For Blood ShedJesus Christ, SinlessnessPlea Of Innocence

Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersMustering TroopsRoyal HousesSoldiers Treatment Of Christ

Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them.

Verse ConceptsNetsMendingBoatsRepairing

Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him.

Verse ConceptsAssociationsDrawing Near To ChristChrist SummoningGod's Desires

So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningJesus Using Parables

when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah

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

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningChrist Summoning

About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

Verse ConceptsNo FoodChrist SummoningChrist With His Disciples

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

Verse ConceptsRulersWhat Foreigners DoAuthorityChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItExerciserecognition

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

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningGet Up!Take Courage!

when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "'My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."

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

So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;

Verse ConceptsOutdoingChrist With His Disciples

You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.

Verse ConceptsGoalsAccepting Christenemies, of believersHatredProgressSuffering, Of BelieversSuffering, HardshipTo The EndEnduringPeople Being Hated

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalPrivacyPeople Sitting DownChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus Praying

So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting Languagecrucifixion

But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOthers SummoningThe Fact Of Christ's Deathsurprises

And see, your relative Elizabeth--she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

His mother, however, said, "No, he is to be called John."

Verse ConceptsDissentGod Naming Peopleluck

They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsPeople Naming People

And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of the Most High; For you shall go on in front before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Verse ConceptsForerunnersDivine MessengerPeople Going BeforeIndividual Prophets

When eight days had passed and the time for circumcising Him had come, He was called JESUS, the name given Him by the angel before His conception in the womb.

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

When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

Verse ConceptsOrdinationTwelve DisciplesChosen DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

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

Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionJudaismTwin Brotherszealots

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

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

He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!"

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesTaking By The HandGet Up!Raising Children

The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done. Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat, to a town called Bethsaida.

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

and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity my son, for he is my only child.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of People

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His teaching.

Verse ConceptsFeetListeningSittingSitting At The FeetHearing ChristChrist TeachingIdentityIdentity In Christdistractions

As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersCrowdsWombbreasts

I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'

Verse ConceptsServants Of The Lord

"'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'

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

Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.

Verse ConceptsAsking

He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningPropertyaccounting

"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, 'How much are you in debt to my master?'

Verse ConceptsDebtMoney Managementcheatersaccounting

Jesus however called the infants to Him. "Let the little children come to me," He said; "do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.

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

There was a man there called Zacchaeus, who was the local surveyor of taxes, and was wealthy.

Verse ConceptsWealthy People

And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

And while they were untying the colt the owners called out, "Why are you untying the colt?"

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And Divine

You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;

Verse ConceptsHated SaintsPeople Being Hated

His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.

Verse ConceptsEveningUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

Meanwhile the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generally

But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.

Verse ConceptsWhat Foreigners DoGentile RulersLording ItPeople BlessingExercise

When they reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical DeathDeath penaltyCrucifixion, Of ChristPainTortureCalvarySkullsChrist Was KilledCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedBurying placesassertivenesscrucifixion

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas" --that is to say, Peter (or 'Rock')

Verse ConceptsPeople As RocksChrist SeeingPeople Renaming People

"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said Jesus, "when you were under the fig-tree I saw you."

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleJesus Christ, Omniscience OfAwarenessBeforeChrist Seeing

So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than--not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew--he called to the bridegroom

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

"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeThe Fact Of His Coming

The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersAbandoning Thingspotwomanhood

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.' It has five arcades.

Verse ConceptsGatesLanguagesPorchesFive ThingsHallsNamed Gatescrusades

The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

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

A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."

Verse ConceptsSpeaking AgainOthers Summoning

If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled)

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

After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for you."

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningOthers SummoningBringing Men To Jesus

After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyIndividuals Shoutingfitnesslazarus

Therefore Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but He left that neighbourhood and went into the district near the Desert, to a town called Ephraim, and remained there with the disciples.

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDisciples' MovementsTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsContemporary Witness To ChristWitnessingtestifyinglazarus

Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, "Are *you* the King of the Jews?"

Verse ConceptsJews, TheRoyal HousesChrist Is King Of Israel

On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judge's seat in a place called the Pavement--or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatJudgesLanguagesPavementsJudgement Seat

and He went out carrying His own cross, to the place called Skull-place--or, in Hebrew, Golgotha--

Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristBackCalvaryCarrying The CrossSkullsBurying placesThe Crosscrusades