But the people of each nation were still making their own gods in the cities where they lived and putting them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

He sent messengers ahead of Him, and on the way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make preparations for Him.

But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.

He fell facedown at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

“How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.

The Jews responded to Him, “Aren’t we right in saying that You’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.