Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: "Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him,

But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.)

Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."

So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you -- a Jew -- ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

The Judeans replied, "Aren't we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"

Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.