Matthew 10:5
These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,
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4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
6"but rather be on your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Matthew 4:15Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali; The road by the Lake; the country beyond Jordan; Galilee of the Gentiles!
Luke 9:2and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God, and heal the sick.
Luke 10:1After this the appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two before his face, into every city and place into which he himself intended to go.
Luke 17:16and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
John 4:9"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
John 4:22You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes 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 →