Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
King James Version
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 Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
Luke 9:2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Luke 10:1After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Luke 17:16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
John 4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
John 4:22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for 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 →