And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and 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.

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

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

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.

These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them,“ Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,

But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.

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

and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.

“ Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

The Jews answered him,“ Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.So the king of Assyria was told,“ The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land.”Then the king of Assyria commanded,“ Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and let him go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the land.”So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord.But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they lived.The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.They also feared the Lord and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel,they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them,“ Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria who brought us here.”But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel said to them,“ You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we alone will build to the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to buildand bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

This is he of whom it is written,“‘ Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’