These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans;

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

But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,

and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.

Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.”

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

So, when they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.