Matthew 10:5

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Matthew 10:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

7 As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’

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Matthew 22:3

He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

Luke 9:2

And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Luke 10:1

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

John 20:21

Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

Matthew 4:15

“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

John 7:35

At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

Acts 10:45

All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

Acts 10:46

For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

Acts 10:47

“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

Acts 10:48

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

Acts 11:1

The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Acts 11:2

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

Acts 11:3

and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

Acts 11:4

But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

Acts 11:5

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

Acts 11:6

I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Acts 11:7

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

Acts 11:8

‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Acts 11:9

But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

Acts 11:10

This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

Acts 11:11

Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

Acts 11:12

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

Acts 11:13

He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

Acts 11:14

He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

Acts 11:15

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

Acts 11:16

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 11:17

So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Acts 22:21

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 22:22

The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

Acts 22:23

As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Romans 15:9

so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

2 Kings 17:24

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

2 Kings 17:25

Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

2 Kings 17:26

So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

2 Kings 17:27

Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.

2 Kings 17:29

Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.

2 Kings 17:30

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

2 Kings 17:31

the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.

2 Kings 17:32

So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

2 Kings 17:33

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

2 Kings 17:35

For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.

2 Kings 17:36

Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.

2 Kings 17:37

And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

2 Kings 17:38

Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

2 Kings 17:39

but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:40

But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

Luke 9:52

He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

Luke 9:53

But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.

Luke 9:54

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

John 4:5

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

John 4:9

“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

John 4:20

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

John 4:22

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

John 4:23

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 4:24

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 8:1

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Acts 8:5

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

Acts 8:6

The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.

Acts 8:7

With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

Acts 8:8

So there was great joy in that city.

Acts 8:9

Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

Acts 8:10

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

Acts 8:11

They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

Acts 8:12

But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

Acts 8:14

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Acts 8:15

On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:16

For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 8:17

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:18

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

Acts 8:19

“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:20

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

Acts 8:21

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

Acts 8:22

Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

Acts 8:23

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

Acts 8:24

Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

Acts 8:25

And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.