Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.
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.
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?
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.
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 call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
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 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.
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.
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?
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 recompense be made thee.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
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 here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
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.
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 showed 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 showed 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;
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.
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.
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?
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
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