I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

You are yourselves witnesses that I said 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before him as a Messenger.'

For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

And you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

As the Living Father sent me as his Messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so he who takes me for his food shall live because I live.

So, in reply, Jesus said: "My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.

The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honor for himself; but the man who seeks the honor of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.

Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.

I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger."

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

On which Jesus said: "I shall be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

I, who bear testimony to myself, am one, and the Father who sent me also bears testimony to me."

"I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."

Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him."

"If God were your Father," Jesus replied, "you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'?

The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

I know that thou always headrest me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that thou has sent me as thy Messenger."

But Jesus had proclaimed: "He who believes in me believes, not in me, but in him who sent me;

And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

In truth I tell you, he who receives any one that I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me."

He who does not love me will not lay my Message to heart; and the Message to which you are listening is not my own, but that of the Father who sent me.

But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.

But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.

But, when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father--he will bear testimony to me;

I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me--'Where are you going?'

Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the Helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.

And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

For I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

Just as thou has sent me as thy Messenger to the world, so I send them as my Messengers to the world.

That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.

I in union with them and thou with me--that so they may be perfected in their union, and thus the world may know that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger, and that thou has loved them as thou hast loved me.

O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest.

Again Jesus said to them: "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his Messenger, so I am sending you."

And that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.

For you, first, God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways."

When they heard this, they went at daybreak into the Temple Courts, and began to teach. The High Priest and his party, on their arrival, summoned the High Council, including all the leading men among the Israelites, and sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles.

Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

Then Joseph sent an urgent invitation to his father Jacob and to his relations, seventy-five persons in all;

I have seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groans, and I have come down to deliver them. Come now and I will send you into Egypt.'

This same Moses, whom they had disowned with the words--'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' was the very man whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, under the guidance of the angel that had appeared to him in the bush.

When the Apostles at Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had welcomed God's Message, they sent Peter and John to them;

So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said: "Saul, my Brother, I have been sent by the Lord--by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here--so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But, when the Brethren found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

Jaffa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he would come on to them without delay.

But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said: "Tabitha! stand up." She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.

And now, send messengers to Jaffa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter.

And, after telling them the whole story, sent them to Jaffa.

While Peter was still perplexed as to the meaning of the vision that he had seen, the men sent by Cornelius, having enquired the way to Simon's house, came up to the gate,

Go down at once and do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them."

The men replied: "Our captain, Cornelius, a pious man who reverences God and is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

That was why I came, when I was sent for, without raising any objection. And now I ask your reason for sending for me."

Therefore send to Jaffa, and invite the Simon, who is also known as Peter, to come here. He is lodging in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea.'

Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."

God has sent his Message to the Israelites and told them, through Jesus Christ, the Good News of peace--and Jesus is Lord of all!

At that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea to see me, came up to the house in which we were.

He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and how the angel had said to him--'Send to Jaffa and fetch the Simon, who is also known as Peter;

The news about them reached the ears of the Church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

So the disciples, without exception, determined, in proportion to their means, to send something to help the Brethren living in Judea.

Then Peter came to himself and said: "Now I know beyond all doubt that the Lord has sent his angel, and has rescued me from Herod's hands and from all that the Jewish people have been expecting."

Barnabas and Saul, sent on this mission, as they were, by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.

He was at the court of the Governor, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked to be told God's Message.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the President of the Synagogue sent them this message--"Brothers, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak."

Brothers, descendants of Abraham, and all those among you who reverence God, it was to us that the Message of this Salvation was sent.

The Church, therefore, sent them on their journey, and they made their way through Phoenicia and Samaria, telling the story of the conversion of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the Brethren.

It was then decided by the Apostles and the Officers, with the assent of the whole Church, to choose some of their number, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. Those chosen were Judas (called Barsabas) and Silas, who were leading men among the Brethren.

They were bearers of the following letter--'The Apostles, and the Brothers who are the Officers of the Church, send their greetings to the Brethren of Gentile birth in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

We met and decided to choose certain men and send them to you with our dear brothers Barnabas and Paul,

So the bearers of this letter were sent on their way, and went down to Antioch. There they called a meeting of all the brethren,

After some stay, they were dismissed with kind farewells from the Brethren, and returned to those who had sent them.

In the morning the Magistrates sent the police with an order for the men to be discharged.

The Governor of the Jail told Paul of his instructions. "The Magistrates have sent an order for your discharge," he said, "so you had better leave the place at once and go quietly away."

That very night the Brethren sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish Synagogue.

Immediately upon that, the Brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.

So he sent to Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Roman Asia.

While some of the chief religious officials of the province, who were friendly to him, sent repeated entreaties to him not to trust himself inside.

When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and, with encouraging words, bade them goodbye, and started on his journey to Macedonia.

From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the Officers of the Church to meet him;

As to the Gentiles who have become believers in Christ, we have sent our decision that they should avoid food offered to idols, and blood, and the flesh of strangled animals, and impurity."

But Jesus said to me 'Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away'."

The man whom I send with this had been seized by the Jews, and was on the point of being killed by them, when I came upon them with the force under my command, and rescued him, as I learned that he was a Roman citizen.

But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again."

He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.

Paul, however, appealed to have his case reserved for the consideration of his August Majesty, so I ordered him to be detained in custody, until I could send him to the Emperor."