Matthew 26:6

While Jesus was staying in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper,

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."

7a woman came up to him who had an alabaster vase of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head, as he reclined at table.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12The next day after leaving Bethany he was hungry,

Luke 7:37Now there was a woman who was in the city, a sinner and when she knew that that Jesus was reclining at meat in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vase of perfume,

John 12:1So then Jesus came six days before the Passover, to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus had 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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