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''For the counseling organisation, see [[Samaritans]].''

''For the counseling organisation, see [[Samaritans]].''

'''Samaritans''' are a people who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion similar to the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]]. They are mentioned several times in the [[Gospels]] by [[Jesus]], one of the most famous references to Samaritans in the New Testament is in the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].  It is also said that Jesus first expressly revealed his divinity to a Samaritan woman at the well, despite how Samaritans were outcasts at the time:<ref>John 4:25-26 (NAS).</ref>

'''Samaritans''' today are a people of mixed ethnicity who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion having similarities and differences to the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]], as do [[Christian]]s, while rejecting other [[Jewish]] [[Scriptures]].

 

The Samaritans in the mentioned several times in the [[Gospels]] by [[Jesus]] were predominantly [[Gentile]]s, and the references to them are all favorable.  For example, one of the most famous references to Samaritans in the New Testament is in the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].  It is also said that Jesus first expressly revealed his divinity to a Samaritan woman at the well, despite how Samaritans were outcasts at the time:<ref>John 4:25-26 (NAS).</ref>

{{cquote|The woman said to him, “I know that the [[Messiah]] is coming, the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything.”

{{cquote|The woman said to him, “I know that the [[Messiah]] is coming, the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything.”

<br>Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking with you.”}}

<br>Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking with you.”}}