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Matthew 26:6
“Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,”
Verse in context — Matthew 26
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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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