Matthew 26:6 Cross References - NSB

⁶ Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.

¹⁷ He left them and went out of the town to Bethany where he stayed for the night.

¹² The next day they left Bethany. He was hungry.

³ He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper. While he was dining a woman with an alabaster vase filled with costly perfume, of pure nard (spikenard), brake it open and poured it over his head. ⁴ Some were very indignant over this. They asked, »What was the purpose of this waste of ointment? ⁵ »This ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii. And the money could have been given to the poor. They scolded her.« ⁶ Jesus said: »Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She did a good thing to me. ⁷ »You always have the poor with you and you can do them good. You do not always have me. ⁸ »She did what she could! She anointed my body beforehand for burying. ⁹ »Truly I tell you everywhere the good news is preached through out the whole world, that which this woman has done will be spoken of for a memorial of her.«

³⁷ A sinful woman went to the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster vase filled with ointment. ³⁸ Standing by his feet weeping, she wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. ³⁹ The Pharisee saw it and thought to himself if this man were a prophet he would know what kind of woman touched him. She is a sinner.

¹ A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived at Bethany where his sisters Mary and Martha lived. ² This is the same Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

¹ Six days before the Passover Jesus traveled to Bethany. This was where Lazarus lived. He was the man Jesus raised from the dead. ² Jesus ate supper there. He and Lazarus sat at the meal while Martha served. ³ Mary took a pound of very precious ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the odor of the ointment. ⁴ Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would betray him said: ⁵ »Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred danarii, and given to the poor?« ⁶ He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it. ⁷ Jesus therefore replied: »Let her alone that she may preserve it for the day of my burial. ⁸ »You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.«