Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, having given command to them, saying, “Do not go away to the way of the nations, and do not go into a city of the Samaritans,
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4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered Him up.
6and be going rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Matthew 4:15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
Luke 9:2and He sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God, and to heal the ailing.
Luke 10:1And after these things, the LORD also appointed seventy others, and sent them by twos before His face, to every city and place to where He Himself was about to come,
Luke 17:16and he fell on [his] face at His feet, giving thanks to Him, and he was a Samaritan.
John 4:9the Samaritan woman therefore says to Him, “How do You, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.
John 4:22you worship what you have not known; we worship what we have known, because salvation is of 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 →