I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you!

He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.

He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

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

Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.

For this reason that field has been called the “Field of Blood” to this day.

But his mother replied, “No! He must be named John.”

So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?

But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”