Thereupon Herod sent secretly for the Magi, and found out from them the time when the star appeared.

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and as soon as you have found him bring me word, that I, too, may go and worship him."

As soon as Herod saw that he had been mocked by the Magi, he was furious. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and all the neighborhood who were two years old or under, in accordance with the date which he had ascertained from the Magi.

"I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.

"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be well lighted;

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

and the demons began entreating him. "If you are driving us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

"Whoever receives you is receiving me, and he who receives me is receiving Him who sent me.

But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

"for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.

After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

"The son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all hindrances, and whoever practices iniquity,

He sent and beheaded John in prison;

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

Then he made his disciples get aboard the boat and precede him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.

After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone.

and when the men of that country recognized him, they sent into all the country round about, and brought to him all the sick,

But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."

In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.

"And when he had agreed with the workmen for two shillings a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them.

"And if any one says anything to you, tell him, 'The Master needs them,' and he will send them without delay."

When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers to get his fruit.

Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way.

And last he sent his son to them; 'Surely they will respect my son,' he said.

"He sent out his slaves to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they did not want to come.

"Again he sent out other slaves. 'Tell the invited guests,' he said, 'that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.'

"Then the king's wrath was roused, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

So they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are honest, and that you are teaching the way of God in sincerity; and are not afraid of any one, for you do not court men's favor.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from utmost heaven to utmost earth.

And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."