It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.

But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way."

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

Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,

"In most solemn truth I tell you that whereas, when you were young, you used to put on your girdle and walk whichever way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go."

The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the people great during their stay in Egypt, until with wondrous power He brought them out from that land.

But Paul chose Silas as his travelling companion; and set out, after being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord;

even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.