Matthew 10:5
These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.
6and be going rather unto 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 reign of God, and to heal the ailing.
Luke 10:1And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,
Luke 17:16and he fell upon [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan.
John 4:9the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, 'How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.
John 4:22ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the 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 →