Then Herod secretly sent for the Astrologers, and ascertained from them the date of the appearance of the star;

When Herod found that he had been trifled with by the Astrologers, he was very angry. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and the whole of that neighborhood, who were two years old or under, guided by the date which he had ascertained from the Astrologers.

So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit.

A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.

And every one that listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it may be compared to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

But, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl's hand, and she rose.

Therefore pray to the Owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest."

These twelve Jesus sent out as his Messengers, after giving them these instructions-- "Do not go to the Gentiles, nor enter any Samaritan town,

He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger.

Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,

Then he said to the man. "Stretch out your hand." The man stretched it out; and it had become as sound as the other.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all that hinders and those who live in sin,

He sent and beheaded John in the prison;

In the evening the disciples came up to him, and said: " This is a lonely spot, and the day is now far advanced; send the crowds away, that they may go to the villages, and buy themselves food."

But the people of that place, recognizing Jesus, sent out to the whole country round, and brought to him all who were ill,

But Jesus did not answer her a word; and his disciples came up and begged him to send her away. "She keeps calling out after us," they said.

"I was not sent," replied Jesus, "to any one except the lost sheep of Israel."

And the crowds were astonished, when they saw the dumb talking, the cripples made sound, the lame walking about, and the blind with their sight restored; and they praised the God of Israel.

Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: "My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, for fear that they should break down on the way."

Upon that the master sent for the servant, and said to him 'You wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt.

He agreed with the laborers to pay them two shillings a day, and sent them into his vineyard.

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.

And, if any one says anything to you, you are to say this-- 'The Master wants them'; and he will send them at once."

When the time for the vintage drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.

A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.

As a last resource he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the banquet, but they were unwilling to come.

A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited 'I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.'

The king, in anger, sent his troops, put those murderers to death, and set their city on fire.

They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: "Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man's position.

That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not came!

And he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his People round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the Chief Priests and Councillors of the Nation.

Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?

While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him--"Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy to-day in a dream on account of him."

It is said in the Prophet Isaiah--'Behold! I send my Messenger before thy face; He shall prepare thy way.'

And then Jesus, after sternly warning him, immediately sent him away, and said to him:

As they remained silent, Jesus looked round at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.

And he appointed twelve--whom he also named 'Apostles'--that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his Messengers, to preach,

And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.

and he begged Jesus again and again not to send them away out of that country.

And the spirits begged Jesus: "Send us into the pigs, that we may take possession of them."

They began to laugh at him; but he sent them all out, and then, with the child's father and mother and his companions, went into the room where she was lying.

He called the Twelve to him, and began to send them out as his Messengers, two and two, and gave them authority over foul spirits.

For Herod himself had sent and arrested John, and put him in prison, in chains, to please Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because Herod had married her.

Send the people away, so that they may go to the farms and villages around and buy themselves something to eat."

And if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will break down on the way; and some of them have come a long distance."

Jesus sent him to his home, and said: "Do not go even into the village."

"Any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and any one who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his Messenger."

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two of his disciples.

And, if any one says to you 'Why are you doing that?', say 'The Master wants it, and will be sure to send it back here at once.'"

At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, to receive from them a share of the produce of the vintage;

But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty- handed.

A second time the owner sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the head, and insulted.

He sent another, but him they killed; and so with many others- -some they beat and some they killed.

He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

Afterwards they sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to set a trap for him in the course of conversation.

And then he will send the angels, and gather his People from the four winds, from one end of the world to the other.

Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: "Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him;

And just then, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up; and with him a crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent by the Chief Priests, the Teachers of the Law, and the Councillors.

But Pilate was surprised to hear that he had already died. So he sent for the Officer, and asked if he were already dead;

"I am Gabriel," the angel answered, "who stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty,

And yet it was not to one of them that Elijah was sent, but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidonia.

Jesus, however, said to them: "I must take the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other town also, for that was why I was sent."

Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish Councillors to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave's life.

So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the Captain sent some friends with the message-- "Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.

So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask--"Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for some one else?"

When these men found Jesus, they said: "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask--'Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for somebody else?'"

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus to let him be with him; but Jesus sent him away.

He sent them out as his Messengers, to proclaim the Kingdom of God, and to work cures.

The day was drawing to a close, when the twelve came up to him, and said: "Send the crowd away, so that they may make their way to the villages and farms round about, and find themselves lodgings and provisions, for we are in a lonely spot here."

And then said to them: "Any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even this little child is welcoming me; and any one who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger. For whoever is lowliest among you all--that man is great."

As the days before his being taken up to Heaven were growing few, Jesus set his face resolutely in the direction of Jerusalem; and he sent on messengers in advance.

After this, the Master appointed seventy-two other disciples, and sent them on as his Messengers, two and two, in advance, to every town and place that he was himself intending to visit.

"The harvest," he said, "is abundant, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest.

He who listens to you is listening to me, and he who rejects you is rejecting me; while he who rejects me is rejecting him who sent me as his Messenger."

That is why the Wisdom of God said--"I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! she who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

They remained silent. Jesus took hold of the man and cured him, and sent him away.

And sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

'Your brother has come back,' the servant told him, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.'

So he called out 'Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.'

'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house--

But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say 'We will not have this man as our King.'

It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on two of the disciples.

So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.

At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

The owner afterwards sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.

'What shall I do?' said the owner of the vineyard. 'I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.'

Having watched their opportunity, they afterwards sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor's jurisdiction and authority.

Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: "Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover."

Then he said to them all: "When I sent you out as my Messengers, without either purse, or bag, or sandals, were you in need of anything?" "No; nothing," they answered.

And, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.