samaritans appear elsewhere in the gospels and book of acts. in the gospel of luke, jesus heals ten lepers and only the samaritan among them thanks him (), although depicts jesus receiving a hostile reception in samaria. luke's favorable treatment of samaritans is in line with luke's favorable treatment of the weak and of outcasts, generally. in john, jesus has an extended dialogue with a samaritan woman, and many samaritans come to believe in him. in matthew, however, jesus instructs his disciples not to preach in or samaritan cities (). in the gospels, generally, "though the jews of jesus' day had no time for the 'half-breed' people of samaria", jesus "never spoke disparagingly about them" and "held a benign view of samaritans".