Matthew 10:5

Jesus first sends the twelve only to Israel, not to Gentiles or Samaritans. This reflects God's ordered plan to reach Israel first.

Cross-references · 23

• John 4:9“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
• Acts 22:21–23Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
• 2 Kgs 17:24–41Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
• John 4:22–24You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
• 1 Th 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
• Rom 15:8–9For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
• Luke 17:16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
• Luke 9:2And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
• Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
• Acts 8:5–25Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
• John 7:35At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
• John 20:21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
• Luke 10:33But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.
• John 4:5So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
• John 4:39–40Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
• Luke 9:52–54He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.
• Matt 4:15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
• John 4:20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
• Matt 22:3He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
• John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
• Luke 10:1After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

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