32 Bible Verses about Others Summoning

When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."

Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was

Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.

So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they said, "We will not come up.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother.

and ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down.

And the LORD called again, "Samuel!" and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."

And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the young man.

But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'"

Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.

He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

Then he summoned Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Pick up your son."

In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

Then his master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'

And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."

So for the 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."

When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.