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“a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
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Jesus Calls His First Disciples
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
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Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
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Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.
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On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Jesus Appoints the Twelve
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
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So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
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Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.
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Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
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Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
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Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said,
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The Way of the Cross
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
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Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
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“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
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Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
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Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.”
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And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight.
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Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
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Gethsemane
They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
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He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”
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A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.
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“What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
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The Soldiers Mock Jesus
The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.
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And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
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They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).
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When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
