'Sent' in the Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well."

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: "Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

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

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

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

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.

Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

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

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

But Jesus said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do."

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

So when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.

and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

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

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 is the one who is great."

He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him,

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

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

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat."

Then Jesus said to them, "When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler's bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing."

When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining -- this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but rather, 'I have been sent before him.'

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

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

"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete -- the deeds I am now doing -- testify about me that the Father has sent me.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

Jesus replied, "This is the deed God requires -- to believe in the one whom he sent."

For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

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

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me."

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."