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

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.

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, instructing them as follows:“ Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

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

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.

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

“ I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the LORD who rules over all.

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

The king of Assyria brought foreigners from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.When they first moved in, they did not worship the LORD. So the LORD sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.The king of Assyria was told,“ The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”So the king of Assyria ordered,“ Take back one of the priests whom you deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.”So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the LORD.But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the people from Cuth made Nergal, the people from Hamath made Ashima,the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.At the same time they worshiped the LORD. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the LORD God of Israel,they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders and said to them,“ Let us help you build, for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him from the time of King Esarhaddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them,“ You have no right to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the LORD God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

This is the one about whom it is written,‘ Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’