'Called' in the Bible

Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them.

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

So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?

when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue--he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

Then Jesus called the people to Him again. "Listen to me, all of you," He said, "and understand.

About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

Then Jesus stood still. "Call him," He said. So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said; "rise, he is calling you."

when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"

And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "'My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."

So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;

You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;