24 The king of As·syrʹi·a then brought people from Babylon, Cuʹthah, Avʹva, Haʹmath, and Seph·ar·vaʹim+ and settled them in the cities of Sa·marʹi·a in place of the Israelites; they took possession of Sa·marʹi·a and lived in its cities.

52 So he sent messengers ahead of him. And they went and entered a village of Sa·marʹi·tans to make preparations for him. 53 But they did not receive him,+ because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

28 He said to them: “You well know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or approach a man of another nation,+ and yet God has shown me that I should call no man defiled or unclean.+