The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to speak to you and to announce this good news to you.

Now in the sixth month of her pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.

He filled hungry people with good things and sent rich people away with nothing.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

But he told them, "I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent to do that also."

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and save his servant's life.

So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, "Sir, stop troubling yourself, because I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof.

Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant in perfect health.

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the men had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?'"

Now the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

Then he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, because we are here in a deserted place."

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

So he sent messengers on ahead of him. On their way they went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

After this, the Lord appointed 70 other disciples and was about to send them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place that he intended to go.

So he instructed them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.

The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

That is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles. They will kill some of them and persecute others,'

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!

But they kept silent. So he took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, "Come! Everything is now ready.'

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

So he shouted, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.'

"The rich man said, "Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation to follow him and to announce, "We don't want this man to rule over us!'

As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead.

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

He sent another servant, and they beat him, too, treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty-handed.

Then he sent a third, and they wounded him and threw him out, too.

"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

Then Jesus asked his disciples, "When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing at all."

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

Even Herod and his soldiers treated him with contempt and made fun of him. He put a magnificent robe on Jesus and sent him back to Pilate.

Neither does Herod, because he sent him back to us! Indeed, this man has done nothing to deserve death.