And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him;
“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans,
After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion,
On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.’
He had to pass through Samaria.
So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”