Editing Samaritans (section)

== Christian sources: New Testament ==
Samaria or Samaritans are mentioned in the [[New Testament]] books of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], [[Gospel of John|John]] and [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]]. The [[Gospel of Mark]] contains no mention of Samaritans or Samaria. The best known reference to the Samaritans is the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]], found in the Gospel of Luke. The following references are found:
* When instructing his disciples as to how they should spread the word, Jesus tells them not to visit any Gentile or Samaritan city, but instead, go to the "lost sheep of Israel".<ref>{{Bibleverse|Matthew|10:5–6}}</ref>
* A Samaritan village rejected a request from messengers travelling ahead of Jesus for hospitality, because the villagers did not want to facilitate a pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]], a practice which they saw as a violation of the [[Law of Moses]]. Two of his disciples want to "call down fire from heaven and destroy them," but Jesus rebukes them.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Luke|9:51–53}}</ref>
* The [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].<ref>{{Bibleverse|Luke|10:30–37}}</ref>
* [[Jesus]] healed ten [[leper]]s, of whom only one returned to praise God, and he was a Samaritan.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Luke|17:11–19, esp. 17:16}}</ref>{{sfn|Kartveit|2019|p=1}}{{sfn|Kartveit|2019|p=1}}
* Jesus asks [[Samaritan woman at the well|a Samaritan woman]] of [[Shechem|Sychar]] for water from [[Jacob's Well]], and after spending two days telling her townsfolk "all things" as the woman expected [[the Messiah]] to do, and presumably repeating the [[Good News (Christianity)|Good News]] that he is the Messiah, many Samaritans [[John 4#Evangelization of the Samaritans (4:27–42)|become followers of Jesus]]. He accepts without comment the woman's assertion that she and her people are Israelites, descendants of Jacob.<ref>{{Bibleverse|John| 4:4–42}}</ref>{{sfn|Kartveit|2019|p=1}}
* Jesus is accused of being a Samaritan and being demon-possessed. He denies the latter accusation explicitly, and denies the former previously—having already done so in his conversation with the Samaritan woman.<ref>{{Bibleverse|John|8:48|4:22}}</ref>
* Christ tells the apostles that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon them and that they would be his witnesses in "Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."<ref>{{Bibleverse|Acts|1:8}}</ref>
* The Apostles are being persecuted. Philip preaches the Gospel to a city in Samaria, and the Apostles in Jerusalem hear about it. So they send the Apostles Peter and John to pray for and lay hands on the baptized believers, who then receive the Holy Spirit (vs. 17). They then return to Jerusalem, preaching the Gospel "in many villages of the Samaritans".<ref>{{Bibleverse|Acts|8:1–25}}</ref>{{sfn|Kartveit|2019|p=2}}
* Acts 9:31 says that at that time the churches had "rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria".
* Acts 15:2–3 says that Paul and Barnabas were "being brought on their way by the church" and that they passed through "Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles". (''Phoenicia'' in several other English versions).