27 Bible Verses about People Sending People

For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

Truly, truly, I say to you, A servant is not greater than his master, neither is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

And they ate and drank, he and the men with him, and stayed all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.

And he said to them, Do not hinder me, since Jehovah has prospered my way. Send me away, that I may go away to my master.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

And when Rachel had borne Joseph, it happened that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away so that I may go into my own place and to my country.

And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am.

And he said to him, please go see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks. And bring me word again. And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you shall be kept in prison so that your words may be proved, whether any truth is in you. Or else, as Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along by the riverside. And when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her slave-girl to bring it.

And they answered Joshua, saying: We will do all that you command us, and wherever you send us we will go.

And the king said to me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall your journey be? And when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time.

And while Peter doubted within himself what the vision which he had seen might be, even behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had asked for Simon's house and stood on the porch.

And the Word was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem. And they sent out Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch;

Then having fasted and prayed and laid hands on them, they let them go.

And indeed being set forward by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brothers.

Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men from them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, whose last name was Barsabas; and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

And remaining for a time, they were let go in peace from the brothers to the apostles.

But choosing Silas, Paul went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God,

And sending into Macedonia two who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he stayed in Asia for a time.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

And it may be that I will stay with you, and even spend the winter with you, so that you may set me forward wherever I go.

Therefore let not any despise him, but set him forward in peace, so that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brothers.

and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and to be brought on my way toward Judea by you.

And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest by the great confidence which I have in you.

Yet I sent the brothers, lest our boasting (which is on your behalf) should not be in vain, that, as I said, you may be ready.