And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

They said to her, “But none of your relatives bears this name.”

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

But Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away).

And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel –

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,