Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans:
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4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
6But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Matthew 4:15The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the 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 the sick.
Luke 10:1After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them out two by two before him into every town and place where he would go.
Luke 17:16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
John 4:9Then the woman of Samaria said to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
John 4:22You do not know what you worship: we know what we worship: for 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 →