Isa 65:1, Mat 4:18-21, 9:9, Luk 19:10, Phili 3:12, 1Jo 4:19 | ESV | STEP | I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said , Here I am, here I am, to a nation that was not called by my name .

Isaiah 65:1

Judgment and Salvation

1 ^aI was ready to be sought by ^bthose who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by ^{▼▼Or that did not call upon} my name.

Matthew 4:18-21

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

18 ^dWhile walking by ^ethe Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you ^ffishers of men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women} 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And 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.

Matthew 9:9

Jesus Calls Matthew

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

Luke 19:10

10 For ^jthe Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Philippians 3:12

Straining Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already ^kobtained this or ^lam already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

1 John 4:19

19 ^mWe love because he first loved us.