Matthew 26:6

Now when Jesus happened to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

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In The King James Version

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

In Context

5But they said, Not during the feast, lest an uproar develop among people.

7a woman came to him having an alabaster cruse of precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head as he sat relaxing.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12And on the morrow when they came out from Bethany he was hungry.

Luke 7:37And behold, a woman in the city who was sinful. And when she knew that he sat in the Pharisee's house, having brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,

John 12:1Therefore six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the man who died whom he raised from the dead.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:2-6

The Plot of the Chief Priests. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar… Read the whole commentary →

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