John 4:3-5

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³He left Judea and returned again to Galilee. ⁴Now ^[a]He had to go through ^[b]Samaria. ⁵So He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

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John 4:4 Jesus went through Samaria to show that He is the Savior of all people.
John 4:4 Samaria was centrally located between Judea (south) and Galilee (north). The Jews despised Samaritans because they were Jews who had intermarried with non-Jews and followed a heretical religion. Most Jews traveled out of their way to avoid Samaria.