Luke 9:52 - Plain English Version

⁵² So he walked along the road, and soon he was getting close to a town in Samaria country, so he sent some messengers ahead of him to ask the people there for a place to stay that night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵² and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵² And He sent messengers before Him; and they reached and entered a Samaritan village to make [things] ready for Him;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵² and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

Common English Bible

⁵² He sent messengers on ahead of him. Along the way, they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵² And he sent messengers before his face. And going on, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.

Luke 9:52 Cross References

Luke 10:33

Then a man from Samaria country went along that road. He was riding on a donkey. You know, Samaria people and Jewish people don’t like each other, but when that Samaria man saw that Jewish man lying there, he felt sorry for him.

Luke 17:11

After that, Jesus kept going along the road to the city called Jerusalem, and he went from Galilee country into Samaria country.

Luke 17:16

And he got down on his knees in front of Jesus, to show him respect. And he said to Jesus, “Thank you, sir.” That man was not Jewish, like the 9 other men, and like Jesus and his followers, but he was from the Samaria nation.

John 4:4

On their way to Galilee country, Jesus and his followers had to go through the country called Samaria.

John 4:5

They walked a long way, then they got to a water-hole. A long time ago, their grand-father, Jacob, dug that water-hole. It was near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. There was a little town called Sikar near that water-hole, so Jesus’s followers went into the town to buy some food. But Jesus was tired, so he sat down next to that water-hole, and he waited there. In the middle of the day, a woman came from the town and got some water from that water-hole. Jesus said to her, “Can you give me a drink?”

John 4:9

The woman said, “What? You are a Jew, and I belong to Samaria. So why do you ask me for a drink of water?” You see, the Jews were not friends with the Samaria people.

John 8:48

The Jewish leaders told him, “Hey, you are wrong. We always reckoned that you are a rubbish man from Samaria, and you’ve got a bad spirit inside you. And we are right.”