Verse 6

While Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

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  • Matt 21:17 : 17 Then he left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
  • Mark 14:3-9 : 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the house of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head. 4 Some of those present were indignant and said to one another, "Why this waste of the perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her harshly. 6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could; she anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.
  • Luke 7:37-39 : 37 And behold, a woman in the town who was a sinner learned that Jesus was reclining at the Pharisee's house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 And standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed His feet repeatedly, and anointed them with the perfume. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, He would know who and what kind of woman is touching Him—she is a sinner.'
  • John 12:1-8 : 1 So Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was—the one who had died and whom He had raised from the dead. 2 There they prepared a dinner for Him. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of pure, expensive nard perfume, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples (the one who was about to betray Him), said, 5 "Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" 6 He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the money box and would steal from what was put into it. 7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial preparation." 8 "For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me."
  • John 11:1-2 : 1 Now there was a man who was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, is the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)
  • Mark 11:12 : 12 The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he was hungry.