'Sent' in the Bible
Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained from them the exact time of the star's appearing.
Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.
These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;
"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.
Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, and he sent some of his disciples to inquire:
and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.
When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples on in front,
When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;
Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.
Later still he sent to them his son, saying, "'They will respect my son.'
and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come.
"Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. "'My breakfast is now ready," he said, 'my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'
So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; who said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank.
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!
He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.
For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.
He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,
So He sent him home, and added, "Do not even go into the village."
"Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me."
When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.
At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.
Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,
Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.
"I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God," answered the angel, "and I have been sent to talk with you and tell you this good news.
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.
"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 announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,
and yet to not one of them was Elijah sent: he was only sent to a widow at Zarephath in the Sidonian country.
But He said to them, "I have to tell the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because for this purpose I was sent."
and the Captain, hearing about Jesus, sent to Him some of the Jewish Elders, begging Him to come and restore his servant to health.
Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message: "Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you come under my roof;
And the friends who had been sent, on returning to the house, found the servant in perfect health.
so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"
The men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you with this question: 'Are you the Coming One, or is there another that we are to expect?'"
But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.
and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.
and said to them, "Whoever for my sake receives this little child, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives Him who sent me. For the lowliest among you all--he is the greatest."
Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him.
After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.
"He who listens to you listens to me; and he who disregards you disregards me, and he who disregards me disregards Him who sent me."
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.
At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "'Come, for things are now ready.'
So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
"Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We are not willing that he should become our king.'
And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,
So those who were sent went and found things as He had told them.
At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
Then he sent a second servant; and him too they beat and ill treated and sent away empty-handed.
Then again he sent a third; and this one also they wounded and drove away.
So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.
Jesus sent Peter and John with instructions. "Go," He said, "and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it."
Then He asked them, "When I sent you out without purse or bag or shoes, was there anything you needed?" "No, nothing," they replied.
And learning that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent Him to Herod, for he too was in Jerusalem at that time.
No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.
And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.
This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.
So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"
I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations."
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.
"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages, and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out of death into Life.
"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
"But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion--the very work which I am doing--affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.
And the Father who sent me, *He* has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like.
Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent.
"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."
For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.
And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it to life on the last day.
"no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.
As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.
Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.
The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory. He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth, and there is no deception in him.
Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.
The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him, and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him.
So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.
And even if I do judge, my judgement is just; for I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.
I am one giving testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony about me."
"Many things I have to speak and to judge concerning you. But He who sent me is true, and the things which I have heard from Him are those which I have come into the world to speak."
And He who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone: for I do always what is pleasing to Him."
"If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.
We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.
"Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.
how is it that you say to one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?
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