Matthew 26:6

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

Now {G1161} when Jesus {G2424} was {G1096} in {G1722} Bethany {G963}, in {G1722} the house {G3614} of Simon {G4613} the leper {G3015},

Yeshua was in Beit-Anyah, at the home of Shim`on, the man who had had tzara'at.

While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,

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

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Cross-References

  • Luke 7:37 (13 votes)

    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,

  • Luke 7:39 (13 votes)

    Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

  • Mark 14:3 (13 votes)

    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.

  • Mark 14:9 (13 votes)

    Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, [this] also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

  • John 12:1 (10 votes)

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

  • John 12:8 (10 votes)

    For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

  • John 11:1 (8 votes)

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