Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, having ordered them, saying, Go not into a way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans,
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In Context
4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Matthew 4:15The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
Luke 9:2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal those who were incapacitated.
Luke 10:1Now after these things the Lord also appointed seventy other men, and sent them by twos before his face into every city and place where he himself was going to come.
Luke 17:16And he fell upon his face beside his feet giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
John 4:9The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How do thou, being Jewish, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman, for Jews do not associate with Samaritans?
John 4:22Ye worship what ye do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:2-5
The Apostles Sent Forth. 1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite,… Read the whole commentary →