Bible Cross References
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John 4:27
At that moment Jesus' disciples returned, and they were greatly surprised to find him talking with a woman. But none of them said to her, "What do you want?" or asked him, "Why are you talking with her?"
John 8:48
They asked Jesus, "Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon in you?"
Luke 10:33
But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity.
Luke 17:16-19
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He threw himself to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
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Jesus spoke up, "There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine?
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Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?"
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And Jesus said to him, "Get up and go; your faith has made you well."
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2 Kings 17:24-41
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The emperor of Assyria took people from the cities of Babylon, Cuth, Ivvah, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the exiled Israelites. They took possession of these cities and lived there.
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When they first settled there, they did not worship the LORD, and so he sent lions, which killed some of them.
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The emperor of Assyria was told that the people he had settled in the cities of Samaria did not know the law of the god of that land, and so the god had sent lions, which were killing them.
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So the emperor commanded: "Send back one of the priests we brought as prisoners; have him go back and live there, in order to teach the people the law of the god of that land."
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So an Israelite priest who had been deported from Samaria went and lived in Bethel, where he taught the people how to worship the LORD.
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But the people who settled in Samaria continued to make their own idols, and they placed them in the shrines that the Israelites had built. Each different group made idols in the cities they were living in:
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the people of Babylon made idols of the god Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuth, idols of Nergal; the people of Hamath, idols of Ashima;
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the people of Ivvah, idols of Nibhaz and Tartak; and the people of Sepharvaim sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
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These people also worshiped the LORD and chose from among their own number all sorts of people to serve as priests at the pagan places of worship and to offer sacrifices for them there.
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So they worshiped the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come.
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They still carry on their old customs to this day. They do not worship the LORD nor do they obey the laws and commands which he gave to the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
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The LORD had made a covenant with them and had ordered them: "Do not worship other gods; do not bow down to them or serve them or offer sacrifices to them.
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You shall obey me, the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt with great power and strength; you are to bow down to me and offer sacrifices to me.
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You shall always obey the laws and commands that I wrote for you. You shall not obey other gods,
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and you shall not forget the covenant I made with you.
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You shall obey me, the LORD your God, and I will rescue you from your enemies."
40
But those people would not listen, and they continued to follow their old customs.
41
So those people worshiped the LORD, but they also worshiped their idols; and to this day their descendants continue to do the same.
Ezra 4:1-24
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The enemies of the people of Judah and Benjamin heard that those who had returned from exile were rebuilding the Temple of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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So they went to see Zerubbabel and the heads of the clans and said, "Let us join you in building the Temple. We worship the same God you worship, and we have been offering sacrifices to him ever since Emperor Esarhaddon of Assyria sent us here to live."
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Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the heads of the clans told them, "We don't need your help to build a temple for the LORD our God. We will build it ourselves, just as Emperor Cyrus of Persia commanded us."
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Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building.
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They also bribed Persian government officials to work against them. They kept on doing this throughout the reign of Emperor Cyrus and into the reign of Emperor Darius.
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At the beginning of the reign of Emperor Xerxes, the enemies of the people living in Judah and Jerusalem brought written charges against them.
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Again in the reign of Emperor Artaxerxes of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and their associates wrote a letter to the emperor. The letter was written in Aramaic and was to be translated when read.
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Also Rehum, the governor, and Shimshai, the secretary of the province, wrote the following letter to Emperor Artaxerxes about Jerusalem:
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"From Rehum, the governor, from Shimshai, secretary of the province, from their associates, the judges, and from all the other officials, who are originally from Erech, Babylon, and Susa in the land of Elam,
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together with the other peoples whom the great and powerful Ashurbanipal moved from their homes and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in West-of-Euphrates Province."
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This is the text of the letter: "To Emperor Artaxerxes from his servants who live in West-of-Euphrates.
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"We want Your Majesty to know that the Jews who came here from your other territories have settled in Jerusalem and are rebuilding that evil and rebellious city. They have begun to rebuild the walls and will soon finish them.
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Your Majesty, if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the people will stop paying taxes, and your royal revenues will decrease.
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Now, because we are under obligation to Your Majesty, we do not want to see this happen, and so we suggest
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that you order a search to be made in the records your ancestors kept. If you do, you will discover that this city has always been rebellious and that from ancient times it has given trouble to kings and to rulers of provinces. Its people have always been hard to govern. This is why the city was destroyed.
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We therefore are convinced that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, Your Majesty will no longer be able to control West-of-Euphrates Province."
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The emperor sent this answer: "To Rehum, the governor, to Shimshai, secretary of the province, and to their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of West-of-Euphrates, greetings.
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"The letter which you sent has been translated and read to me.
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I gave orders for an investigation to be made, and it has indeed been found that from ancient times Jerusalem has revolted against royal authority and that it has been full of rebels and troublemakers.
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Powerful kings have reigned there and have ruled over the entire province of West-of-Euphrates, collecting taxes and revenue.
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Therefore you are to issue orders that those men are to stop rebuilding the city until I give further commands.
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Do this at once, so that no more harm may be done to my interests."
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As soon as this letter from Emperor Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their associates, they hurried to Jerusalem and forced the Jews to stop rebuilding the city.
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Work on the Temple had been stopped and had remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Emperor Darius of Persia.
Nehemiah 4:1
When Sanballat heard that we Jews had begun rebuilding the wall, he became furious and began to ridicule us.
Nehemiah 4:2
In front of his companions and the Samaritan troops he said, "What do these miserable Jews think they're doing? Do they intend to rebuild the city? Do they think that by offering sacrifices they can finish the work in one day? Can they make building stones out of heaps of burnt rubble?"
Luke 9:52-56
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He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him.
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But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.
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When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"
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Jesus turned and rebuked them.
56
Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.
Acts 1:8
But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 10:28
He said to them, "You yourselves know very well that a Jew is not allowed by his religion to visit or associate with Gentiles. But God has shown me that I must not consider any person ritually unclean or defiled.