6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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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. …
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. …
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, …
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. …
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-13)In this passage of story, we have, I. The singular kindness of a good woman to our Lord Jesus in anointing his head, Matt. 26:6 , 7 . It was in Bethany , a village hard by Jerusalem, and in the house of Simon the leper . Probably, he was one who had been miraculously cleansed from his leprosy by our Lord Jesus, and he would express his gratitude to Christ by entertaining him; nor did Christ disdai…
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