KJV King James Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
WEB World English Bible
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
ASV American Standard Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Surrounding context — Matthew 26
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 among the people.
6 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?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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Mark 14:3-9And 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.John 12:1-8Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.Luke 7:37-39And, 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,John 11:1-2Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
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