As it hath been written in the prophets, 'Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.

and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

and he sent him away to his house, saying, 'Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell it to any in the village.'

'Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

and if any one may say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the lord hath need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.'

and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty.

And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured.

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

Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son;

and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,

and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.