What did Jesus command the twelve disciples in Matthew 10 about where to go?
In Matthew chapter 10, Jesus commanded the twelve not to go into the way of the Gentiles or enter any city of the Samaritans. Instead, He sent them directly to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, God's earthly people, confining their mission during His earthly ministry to Israel.
Les teaches that after Jesus called out the twelve disciples, or apostles, He sent them forth in Matthew 10 with a restricted command: they were not to go to the Gentiles or to any city of the Samaritans, described as half-breeds. Rather, they were to go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, God's earthly people. Les explains this shows Christ's earthly ministry was confined to Israel, with only two exceptions; one is Matthew 15:21, where Jesus departed into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, on the Mediterranean coast in the area now known as Lebanon.
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Who were the Samaritans that Jesus told the twelve not to enter?
The Samaritans were half-breeds, so Jesus excluded their cities from the twelve's mission.