and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast; and they were not willing to come.

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

After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to come.

So Jesus said to them again, Peace to you. As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? He does not intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks does He?

And those of the circumcision who were believers, as many as came with Peter, were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out on the Gentiles.

Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?

Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.

saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!

I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; kill and eat.

But the voice answered me again from Heaven, What God has cleansed do not consider unclean.

At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, Send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter,

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.

If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to prevent God?

Then He said to me, Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.

Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air,

Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises unto the fathers,

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and sing unto Your name.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the end.

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the ordinances 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 ordinances of the God of the land.

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

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

So they feared Jehovah; and from among all of them they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who attended to the houses of the high places for them.

To this day they continue doing according to the former manner; they do not fear Jehovah, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the Law and commandments which Jehovah has commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He had ordained with the name, Israel;

but Jehovah, who has brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice.

And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

However they have not obeyed, but are doing according to their former manner.

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

And when His disciples Jacob and John saw this, they said, Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from Heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?

So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

Our fathers did homage on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the right place to do homage.

You do homage to what you do not know; we do homage to what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.

God is Spirit, and those who do homage to Him must do homage in spirit and truth.

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.

For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously used sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,

And they heeded him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time.

Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was immersed he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the works of power and signs which were done.

who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

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

saying, Give me this authority also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.

You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not upright before God.

For I see that you are in bitter wickedness and bound by unrighteousness.

So when they had testified and preached the Word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.