And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
"Therefore I still contend with you, declares the LORD, and with your children's children I will contend.
Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'
though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
Thus says the LORD: "What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
And the LORD came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears."
When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."
And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai."
But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"[3]
And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"
And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
"As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'