and He sentmessengerson aheadof Him, and they wentand entereda villageof the Samaritansto make arrangementsfor Him.
"Behold,I am going to sendMy messenger,and he will clearthe waybeforeMe. And the Lord,whomyou seek,will suddenlycometo His temple;and the messengerof the covenant,in whomyou delight,behold,He is coming,"saysthe LORDof hosts.
ThesetwelveJesussentout after instructingthem: "Do not goin [the] wayof [the] Gentiles,and do not enter[any] cityof the Samaritans;
Nowafterthisthe Lordappointedseventyothers,and sentthem in pairsaheadof Him to everycityand placewhereHe Himselfwas goingto come.
"But a Samaritan,who was on a journey,cameupon him; and when he sawhim, he felt compassion,
WhileHe was on the wayto Jerusalem,He was passingbetweenSamariaand Galilee.
and he fellon his faceat His feet,giving thanksto Him. And he was a Samaritan.
"Thisis the one aboutwhomit is written,BEHOLD,I SENDMY MESSENGERAHEADOF YOU, WHOWILL PREPAREYOUR WAYBEFOREYOU.'
And He hadto pass throughSamaria.
SoHe cameto a cityof SamariacalledSychar,nearthe parcel of groundthat Jacobgaveto his sonJoseph;
Thereforethe Samaritanwomansaidto Him, "Howis it that You, beinga Jew,askme for a drinksince I ama Samaritanwoman?"(For Jewshavenodealingswith Samaritans.)
The Jewsansweredand saidto Him, "Do we not sayrightlythat You are a Samaritanand havea demon?"
