'Calling' in the Bible

"Why do you keep calling me "Lord, Lord,' but don't do what I tell you?

And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- 'He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

All the people and the tax collectors who heard Jesus, acknowledged [the validity of] God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

and lo, there came a man, whose name is Jairus, and he was a chief of the synagogue, and having fallen at the feet of Jesus, was calling on him to come to his house;

Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;

But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

But Jesus calling them to him said, Suffer little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.

So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’

Then calling together the High Priests and the Rulers and the people, Pilate said,

but they were calling out, saying, 'Crucify, crucify him.'

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

Nathanael saith to him, 'Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip's calling thee -- thou being under the fig-tree -- I saw thee.'

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

So they were convinced by him. After calling in the apostles and beating them, they again ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus and let them go.

Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

Everyone who heard him was astonished and said, "This is the man who harassed those who were calling on Jesus' name in Jerusalem, isn't it? Didn't he come here to bring them in chains to the high priests?"

and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that place, sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them.

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

Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean."

and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there.

He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with unbelievers. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

Then the voice from heaven answered a second time, "You must stop calling common what God has made clean!'

And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon them that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.

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

And a vision through the night appeared to Paul -- a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, 'Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;' --

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring them out before the assembly of people.

and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud -- 'These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,

After listening to this harangue, they became furiously angry and kept calling out, "Great is the Ephesian Diana!"

Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together;

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Then Paul, calling in one of the centurions, said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.”

Then, calling to him two of the Captains, he gave his orders. "Get ready two hundred men," he said, "to march to Caesarea, with seventy cavalry and two hundred light infantry, starting at nine o'clock to-night."

and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him the things against Paul, and were calling on him,

And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,

including yourselves who also belong to Jesus Christ by calling:

who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- 'A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

according to his calling and not by actions), Rebecca was told, "The older child will serve the younger one."

for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him,

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place -- both theirs and ours:

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'

and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,

the obedience is not of him who is calling you!

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

for your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own reign and glory.

stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do it.

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

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

But in these there is a calling to mind of sins yearly.

I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

I was in the Spirit [in special communication with the Holy Spirit and empowered to receive and record the revelation from Jesus Christ] on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

'But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat;

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a [war] trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

Then the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven calling to them, "Come up here!" So they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.

And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to Him who was sitting upon the cloud, “Put in Your sickle and reap [at once], for the hour to reap [in judgment] has arrived, because the earth’s harvest is fully ripened.”

for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,