Matthew 26:6

And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and they said, “Not in the celebration, that there may not be a tumult among the people.”

7there came to Him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on His head as He is reclining.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12And on the next day, they having come forth from Bethany, He hungered,

Luke 7:37and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that He reclines in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

John 12:1Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died, whom He raised out of 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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