and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.

"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes others to sin and those who practice lawlessness

So he sent word and had John beheaded in prison.

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

When the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word throughout that region and brought him everyone who was sick.

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

But he replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

After he sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Then his master sent for him and told him, "You evil servant! I canceled that entire debt for you because you begged me.

After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, "The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once."

When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, "They will respect my son.'

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

So he sent other servants after saying, "Tell those who have been invited, "Look! I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!"'

Then the king became outraged. He sent his troops, and they destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.

"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 were unwilling!

He'll send out his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they'll gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to another."

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

He appointed the Twelve, whom he called apostles, to accompany him, to be sent out to preach,

Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him.

He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us." He kept pleading with Jesus not to send them out of that region.

So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

He called the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.

So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in prison.

Send the crowds away so that they can go to the neighboring farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat."

Jesus immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they'll faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

Then Jesus sent him home, saying, "Don't go into the village or tell anyone in the village."

"Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me."

When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

At the right time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard.

But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

Again, the man sent another servant to them. They beat the servant over the head and treated him shamefully.

Then the man sent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants. Some of these they beat, and others they killed.

He still had one more person to send, a son whom he loved. Finally, he sent him to them, saying, "They will respect my son.'

Then they sent some Pharisees and some Herodians to him, intending to trap him in what he said.

Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.

He'll send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven."

He sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him.

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.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

This was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and descendants of Levi to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" they asked him. "We must give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

Now those men had been sent from the Pharisees.