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New Testament References to Samaritans
Matthew 10:5 |
Jesus instructs his disciples not to take their ministry to any city of the Samaritans. |
Luke 9:52–55 |
Jesus rebukes his disciples after they want to call fire down from heaven to consume a Samaritan village that would not receive them. |
Luke 10:30–37 |
Jesus tells the parable of “the Good Samaritan.” |
Luke 17:11 |
Jesus passes through Samaria on his way from Galilee to Jerusalem. |
Luke 17:12–19 |
Jesus heals ten lepers, and the only one who returns to give thanks is a Samaritan. |
John 4:4–42 |
Jesus converses with a Samaritan woman at a well; other Samaritans persuade him to stay with them for two days, and they acknowledge him as the Savior of the world. |
John 8:48 |
Some Jews accuse Jesus of being a Samaritan (after he has suggested that they are not the true children of Abraham). |
Acts 1:8 |
Jesus says that his disciples are to be his witnesses “in Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” |
Acts 8:5–25 |
Many Samaritans, including Simon Magus, accept baptism from Philip the evangelist; Peter and John bring the gift of the Spirit to the Samaritan converts and preach the gospel to many Samaritan villages. |