Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 26:6 in context
Matthew 26:3–9
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Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
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They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.
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But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
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But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
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For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
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