'Calling' in the Bible

and [after] calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ was to be born.

And calling a child [to himself], he had him stand in their midst

And Jesus stopped [and] said, "Call him." And they called the blind man [and] said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, who say, 'We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we sang a lament and you did not weep.'

And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.

So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.

And [when she] had said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

And they kept on stoning Stephen [as he] was calling out and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

And they began calling Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the {principal speaker}.

So [when] they were sent off, they came down to Antioch, and [after] calling together the community, they delivered the letter.

And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'

For the gifts and the calling of God [are] irrevocable.

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.

(the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what [are] the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

for which [purpose] we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,

who saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began},

Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

In calling [it] new, he has declared the former [to be old]. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old [is] near to disappearing.

like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.

Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because [if you] do these [things], you will never ever stumble.