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Epilogue

25 My whole being loathes two nations,
    the third is not even a people:[a]
26 The inhabitants of Seir[b] and Philistia,
    and the foolish people who dwell in Shechem.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 50:25 Not even a people: the Samaritans.
  2. 50:26 Seir: Mount Seir in the territory of the Edomites. Shechem: a city in Samaria.

The Commissioning of the Twelve. (A)Jesus sent out these twelve[a] after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:5–6 Like Jesus (Mt 15:24), the Twelve are sent only to Israel. This saying may reflect an original Jewish Christian refusal of the mission to the Gentiles, but for Matthew it expresses rather the limitation that Jesus himself observed during his ministry.