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

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me!

He has satisfied the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me
to proclaim freedom to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them—but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

But He said to them, “I must proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

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

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

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

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

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

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. For whoever is least among you—this one is great.”

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

After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you rejects Me. And whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent.”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

At the time of the banquet, he sent his slave to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

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

‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

“‘Father,’ he said, ‘then I beg you to send him to my father’s house—

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples

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

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent yet another slave, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

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

He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Not a thing,” they said.

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death.