Luke 9:52-53
9:52 He
sent messengers on ahead of him.
As they went along,
they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance
for him,
9:53 but the villagers
refused to welcome
him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
Luke 17:16-18
17:16 He
fell with his face to the ground
at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.
(Now
he was a Samaritan.)
17:17 Then
Jesus said,
“Were
not ten cleansed? Where are the other
nine?
17:18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
Proverbs 27:10
27:10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;
a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
Jeremiah 38:7-13
An Ethiopian Official Rescues Jeremiah from the Cistern
38:7 An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,
38:8 Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,
38:9 “Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.
38:10 Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order: “Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”
38:11 So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
38:12 Ebed Melech called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes. Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed.
38:13 So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.
Jeremiah 39:16-18
39:16 “Go
and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, ‘The
Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it.
When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.
39:17 But I will rescue you when it happens.
I, the
Lord, affirm it!
You will not be handed over to those whom you fear.
39:18 I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence.
You will escape with your life
because you trust in me. I, the
Lord, affirm it!”’”
John 4:9
4:9 So the Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you – a Jew
– ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water
to drink?” (For Jews use nothing in common
with Samaritans.)
John 8:48
8:48 The Judeans replied, “Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”