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 4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
• Acts 22:21–23And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• 2 Kgs 17:24–41And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
• John 4:22–24Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
• 1 Th 2:16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• Rom 15:8–9Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
• Luke 17:16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
• Luke 9:2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
• Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 8:5–25Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
• John 7:35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
• John 20:21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
• Luke 10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
• John 4:5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
• John 4:39–40And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
• Luke 9:52–54And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
• Matt 4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
• Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
• John 4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
• Matt 22:3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
• John 8:48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
• Luke 10:1After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

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