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

便打发使者在他前头走。他们到了撒玛利亚的一个村庄，要为他预备。

他打发使者在他前头走；他们进了撒玛利亚的一个村庄，要为他作准备。

他打发使者在他前头走；他们进了撒玛利亚的一个村庄，要为他作准备。

祂先派人到撒玛利亚的一个村庄去预备食宿，

并且差遣使者走在前头；他们去了，进入撒玛利亚的一个村庄，要为他预备。

他派了几个使者在他前头。他们就去了，进到撒马利亚人的一个村子，要为他做预备。

便打發使者在他前頭走。他們到了撒馬利亞的一個村莊，要為他預備。

他打發使者在他前頭走；他們進了撒瑪利亞的一個村莊，要為他作準備。

他打發使者在他前頭走；他們進了撒瑪利亞的一個村莊，要為他作準備。

祂先派人到撒瑪利亞的一個村莊去預備食宿，

並且差遣使者走在前頭；他們去了，進入撒瑪利亞的一個村莊，要為他預備。

又差遣使者在他前面。他們就去，進了撒瑪利亞的一個村莊、要為他豫備。

他派了幾個使者在他前頭。他們就去了，進到撒馬利亞人的一個村子，要為他做預備。

遣使先之、遂往入撒瑪利亞之一鄉、而為之備、

遣使前往、至撒馬利亞一鄉、以備舍館、

遣使先往、至撒瑪利亞之一村、欲為之預備館舍、

命使者前行。使者至色馬里村、為之預備、

And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;

He sent messengers on ahead. They went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.

He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival.

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

and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.

and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

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

And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

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

and sent messengers before his face. They went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions:“ Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

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

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.

He fell facedown at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.

“ See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in— see, he is coming,” says the LORD of Armies.

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

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in place of the Israelites in the cities of Samaria. The settlers took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.When they first lived there, they did not fear the LORD. So the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.The settlers said to the king of Assyria,“ The nations that you have deported and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them that are killing them because the people don’t know the requirements of the god of the land.”Then the king of Assyria issued a command:“ Send back one of the priests you deported. Have him go and live there so he can teach them the requirements of the god of the land.”So one of the priests they had deported came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should fear the LORD.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.The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.They feared the LORD, but they also made from their ranks priests for the high places, who were working for them at the shrines of the high places.They feared the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the practice of the nations from which they had been deported.

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them,“ Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them,“ You may have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone will build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

This is the one about whom it is written: See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.