ThesetwelveJesussentout after instructingthem: "Do not goin [the] wayof [the] Gentiles,and do not enter[any] cityof the Samaritans;
"And he sentout his slavesto callthosewho had been invitedto the wedding feast,and they were unwillingto come.
"THE LANDOF ZEBULUNAND THE LANDOF NAPHTALI,BY THE WAYOF THE SEA,BEYONDTHE JORDAN,GALILEEOF THE GENTILES--
And He summonedthe twelveand beganto sendthem out in pairs,and gavethem authorityover the uncleanspirits;
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,
and he fellon his faceat His feet,giving thanksto Him. And he was a Samaritan.
And He calledthe twelvetogether,and gavethem powerand authorityoverallthe demonsand to healdiseases.
And He sentthem out to proclaimthe kingdomof Godand to perform healing.
"As You sentMe into the world,I alsohave sentthem into the world.
SoJesussaidto them again,"Peace[be] with you; as the Fatherhas sentMe, I alsosendyou."
"Our fathersworshipedin thismountain,and you [people] saythat in Jerusalemis the placewheremen oughtto worship."
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 Jewsthensaidto one another,"Wheredoes this manintendto gothat we will not findHim? He is not intendingto goto the Dispersionamong the Greeks,and teachthe Greeks,is He?
The Jewsansweredand saidto Him, "Do we not sayrightlythat You are a Samaritanand havea demon?"
but you will receivepowerwhen the HolySpirithas comeupon you; and you shall be My witnessesbothin Jerusalem,and in allJudeaand Samaria,and evento the remotest partof the earth."
Allthe circumcisedbelieverswhocamewith Peterwere amazed,becausethe giftof the HolySpirithad been pouredout on the Gentilesalso.
Saulwas in hearty agreementwith putting him to death.And on that daya greatpersecutionbeganagainstthe churchin Jerusalem,and they were allscatteredthroughoutthe regionsof Judeaand Samaria,exceptthe apostles.
hinderingus from speakingto the Gentilessothat they may be saved;with the result that they alwaysfill up the measureof their sins.But wrathhas comeupon them to the utmost.
