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

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.<n id="1" />

So<n id="1" /> he answered, &#8220;I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.&#8221;

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage,<n id="1" /> he sent them into his vineyard.

Finally he sent his son to them,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8216;They will respect my son.&#8217;

He sent his slaves<n id="1" /> to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

Then the demons begged him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not go to Gentile regions<n id="2" /> and do not enter any Samaritan town.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;I<n id="1" /> am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves,<n id="2" /> so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.<n id="1" />

When the people<n id="1" /> there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when they approached Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and came to Bethphage,<n id="3" /> at the Mount of Olives,<n id="4" /> Jesus sent two disciples,

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, &#8216;The Lord needs them,&#8217;<n id="1" /> and he will send them at once.&#8221;

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves<n id="1" /> to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.<n id="2" />

This is the one about whom it is written:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>who will prepare your way before youb>.i>&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

Again he sent other slaves, saying, &#8216;Tell those who have been invited, &#8220;Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready.<n id="1" /> My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.&#8221;&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this reason I<n id="1" /> am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law,<n id="2" /> some of whom you will kill and crucify,<n id="3" /> and some you will flog<n id="4" /> in your synagogues<n id="5" /> and pursue from town to town,

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you!<n id="2" /> How often I have longed<n id="3" /> to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but<n id="4" /> you would have none of it!<n id="5" />

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven<n id="1" /> to the other.p>

As<n id="1" /> he was sitting on the judgment seat,<n id="2" /> his wife sent a message<n id="3" /> to him:<n id="4" /> &#8220;Have nothing to do with that innocent man;<n id="5" /> I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream<n id="6" /> about him today.&#8221;