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Matthew 26:6

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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 among the people.

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

7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
KJV
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
WEB
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
ASV
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
DARBY
But Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper's house,
BLB
And Jesus having been in Bethany in the house of Simon the Leper,
ÅB
Men da Jesus hadde kommet til Betania og var i huset til Simon, den spedalske,
OTB
Mens Jesus var i Betania, i huset til Simon, kjent som spedalsk,
B1930
Men da Jesus var kommet til Betania og var i Simon den spedalskes hus,

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  • Mark 14:3–9

    And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

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  • John 12:1–8

    Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

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  • Luke 7:37–39

    And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

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  • John 11:1–2

    Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

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  • Matthew 21:17

    And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

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  • Mark 11:12

    And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

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