These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,

He sent messengers in front of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,

However a Samaritan traveller came to where he was and felt pity when he saw him;

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

and in so doing he arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar; it lay near the territory which Jacob had given to his son Joseph,

and a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink"

The Samaritan woman said, "What? You are a Jew, and you ask me for a drink ??me, a Samaritan!" (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Now many Samaritans belonging to that town believed in him on account of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

So when the Samaritans arrived, they pressed him to stay with them; he did stay there two days,

The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

Now for some time previous a man called Simon had been practising magic arts in the town, to the utter astonishment of the Samaritan nation; he made himself out to be a great person,

who came down and prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit.

After bearing their testimony to the word of the Lord and preaching it, the apostles went back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to a number of the Samaritan villages;