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

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.

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 these 12 out with the following orders.“ Do not go among the Gentiles,” he said.“ Do not enter any town of the Samaritans.

But a Samaritan came to the place where the man was. When he saw the man, he felt sorry for him.

After this the Lord appointed 72 others. He sent them out two by two ahead of him. They went to every town and place where he was about to go.

He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

The Lord who rules over all says,“ I will send my messenger. He will prepare my way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant will come. He is the one you long for.”

The Jews answered Jesus,“ Aren’t we right when we say you are a Samaritan? Aren’t you controlled by a demon?”

The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim. He made all of them live in the towns of Samaria. They took the place of the people of Israel. They lived in all the towns of Samaria.When they first lived there, they didn’t worship the Lord. So he sent lions among them. And the lions killed some of the people.A report was given to the king of Assyria. He was told,“ You forced people to leave their own homes and live in the towns of Samaria. But they don’t know what the god of that country requires. So he has sent lions among them. And the lions are killing the people off. That’s because the people don’t know what that god requires.”Then the king of Assyria gave an order. He said,“ Get one of the priests you captured from Samaria. Send him back to live there. Have him teach the people what the god of that land requires.”So a priest went back to live in Bethel. He was one of the priests who had been forced to leave Samaria. He taught the people of Bethel how to worship the Lord.In spite of that, the people from each nation made statues of their own gods. They made them in all the towns where they had been forced to live. They set up those statues in small temples. The people of Samaria had built the temples at the high places.The people from Babylon made statues of the god named Sukkoth Benoth. Those from Kuthah made statues of the god named Nergal. Those from Hamath made statues of the god named Ashima.The Avvites made statues of the gods named Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites sacrificed their children in the fire to the gods named Adrammelek and Anammelek. They were the gods of Sepharvaim.So the people of Samaria worshiped the Lord. But they also appointed all kinds of their own people to be their priests. The priests served in the small temples at the high places.The people worshiped the Lord. But they also served their own gods. They followed the evil practices of the nations they had been taken from.

The people who had returned from Babylon were building a temple to honor the Lord. He is the God of Israel. The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard about it.Then those enemies came to Zerubbabel. The family leaders of Israel were with him. The enemies said,“ We want to help you build. We’re just like you. We worship your God. We offer sacrifices to him. We’ve been doing that ever since the time of Esarhaddon. He was king of Assyria. He brought our people here.”Zerubbabel and Joshua answered them. So did the rest of the family leaders of Israel. They said,“ You can’t help us build a temple to honor our God. You aren’t part of us. We’ll build it ourselves. We’ll do it to honor the Lord, the God of Israel. Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us to build it.”Then the nations around Judah tried to make its people lose hope. They wanted to make them afraid to go on building.So those nations paid some of the Jewish officials to work against the people of Judah. They wanted their plans to fail. They did it during the whole time Cyrus was king of Persia. They kept doing it until Darius became king.

He is the one written about in Scripture. It says,“‘ I will send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare your way for you.’( Malachi 3:1)