He needed to pass through Samaria.
      I. Christ's coming into Samaria. He charged his disciples not to enter into any city of the Samaritans (Matthew 10:5), that is, not to preach the gospel, or work miracles; nor did he here preach publicly, or work any miracle, his eye being to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. What kindness he here did them was accidental; it was only a crumb of the children's bread that casually fell from the master's table.