Matthew 26:6

After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,

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

In Context

5but they said, “Not during the Festival, or the people may riot.”

7a woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and poured the perfume on his head as he sat at the table.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12The next day, after they had left Bethany, Jesus became hungry;

Luke 7:37Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,

John 12:1Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.

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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