'Sent' in the Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.”

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

“The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples

So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

When the grape harvest drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit.

Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

The king was enraged, so he sent out his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.

They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality.

“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, yet you were not willing!

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”

Then He sternly warned him and sent him away at once,

Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.

The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,

Then He sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

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

Again he sent another slave to them, and they hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.

Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; they beat some and they killed some.

“He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to Him to trap Him by what He said.

So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him.

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,

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

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,because He has anointed Meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent Meto proclaim freedom to the captivesand 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.

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.

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

“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.

“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.

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.

There was a man named Johnwho was sent from God.

This is John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

“Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them.

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

“I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent.

Jesus replied, “This is the work of God—that you believe in the One He has sent.”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me.

The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory. But He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

As He was teaching in the temple complex, Jesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You don’t know Him;

I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. Then I’m going to the One who sent Me.

And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge together.

I am the One who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

“Go,” He told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.

do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?

So the sisters sent a message to Him: “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”