'Call' in the Bible

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the [magnificent and massive] buildings of the temple.

And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet and they will gather together His elect (God’s chosen ones) from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions of angels?

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I call on You to swear a binding oath by the living God, that you tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- 'Elijah he doth call;'

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;

By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.

and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

and they bring to him a deaf, stuttering man, and they call on him that he may put the hand on him.

And he cometh to Bethsaida, and they bring to him one blind, and call upon him that he may touch him,

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, 'Lo, Elijah he doth call;'

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, 'This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

and Jesus having seen her, did call her near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'

And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom,

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will listen to My voice and pay attention to My call, and they will become one flock with one Shepherd.

if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, 'The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, "This is what we call the great power of God!"

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

All who heard him were amazed and were saying, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

But the people began to call out loudly, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the Elders of the Church came also.

So now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.'

and I discovered that he was accused in regard to questions and issues in their Law, but [he was] under no accusation that would call for the penalty of death or [even] for imprisonment.

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

After some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid a courtesy call on Festus.

wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

I call God to witness--to whom I render priestly and spiritual service by telling the Good News about His Son-- how unceasingly I make mention of you in His presence,

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;

And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;