A report was brought back that the people
who saw them coming had refuse them their
hospitality.

Why had the Samaritians who had been so
friendly before now so rude? For one thing
Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem where
the temple, that they despised, was located.

They believed the mountains around them
was where men ought to worship. (John 4:20)
and if that had been where they were going
they may have glady given His disciples their
hospitality.