And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Birth of Jesus Foretold

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent 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 liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.”

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

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

And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”

And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’”

The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

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

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among all of you is the one who is great.”

And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

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 hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away.

And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.