Genesis 12:1-3

The Call of Abram

1Now athe Lord said
Or had said
to Abram, “Go from your country
Or land
and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
2 dAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 eI will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and fin you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves


Psalms 45:10-11

10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father’s house,
11and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your hlord, ibow to him.

Song of Solomon 2:13

13 jThe fig tree ripens its figs,
and kthe vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
lArise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away.

Song of Solomon 4:7-8

7 mYou are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no nflaw in you.
8 oCome with me from pLebanon, my qbride;
come with me from rLebanon.
Depart
Or Look
from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of tSenir and uHermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.

Song of Solomon 5:2

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is vknocking.
Open to me, my wsister, my xlove,
my ydove, my zperfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my aalocks with the drops of the night.”

Matthew 4:19-22

19And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you abfishers of men.”
The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 9:9

Jesus Calls Matthew

9 adAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called aeMatthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

17Therefore afgo out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
18 agand I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
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