And the angel answered [and] said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee {named} Nazareth,

For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy!

He has filled those who are hungry with good [things], and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath [in the region] of Sidon, to a woman [who was] a widow.

But he said to them, "It is necessary [for] me to proclaim the good news [of] the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this [purpose].

So [when he] heard about Jesus, he sent Jewish elders to him, asking him that he would come [and] cure his slave.

So Jesus went with them. Now by this time he was not far away from the house, [and] the centurion sent friends, saying to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof.

And [when they] returned to the house, those who had been sent found the slave healthy.

sent [them] to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

And [when] the men came to him, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

And the man from who the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying,

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

Now the day began to be far spent, and the twelve came up [and] said to him, "Send away the crowd so that they can go into the surrounding villages and farms to obtain lodging and find provisions, because we are here in a desolate place.

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all--this one is great."

And he sent messengers before {him}, and they went [and] entered into a village of the Samaritans in order to prepare for him.

And after these [things], the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two before {him} into every town and place where he was about to go.

And he said to them, "The harvest [is] plentiful, but the workers [are] few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that he send out workers into his harvest.

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

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to 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 back even the last cent!"

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

But they remained silent. And he took hold of [him] [and] healed him, and sent [him] away.

And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, 'Come, because now it is ready!'

And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'

So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house,

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

And it happened that when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the hill called [the Mount] of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So those who were sent went [and] found [it] just as he had told them.

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenant farmers, so that they would give him [some] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenant farmers sent him away empty-handed [after] beating [him].

And he proceeded to send another slave, but they beat and dishonored that one also, [and] sent [him] away empty-handed.

And he proceeded to send a third, but they wounded [and] threw out this one also.

So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

And he 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 a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."

And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.