'Sent' in the Bible

And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

“Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

As they *approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He *sent two of His disciples,

At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.

They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.

And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.

He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement.

And He *sent two of His disciples and *said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.][And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]

The angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

“He has filled the hungry with good things;And sent away the rich empty-handed.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,And recovery of sight to the blind,To set free those who are oppressed,

and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”

When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;

When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”

When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, ‘Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?’”

But the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging Him that he might accompany Him; but He sent him away, saying,

And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing.

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”

and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples,

So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them.

At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”

And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”

And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time.

And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.

Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.

do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

“This Moses whom they disowned, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

But when the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”