'Sent' in the Bible

"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.