Jesus Anointed at Bethany

Matthew 26

⁶ _v Now when Jesus was at _w Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ₁ ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. ⁸ And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? ⁹ For this could have been sold for a large sum and _x given to the poor." ¹⁰ But _y Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹ For _z you always have the poor with you, but _a you will not always have me. ¹² In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it _b to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Truly, I say to you, wherever _c this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told _d in memory of her."

1. Cross References
   Matthew 26:6 - 13
   Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.
   Mark 14:3 - 9
   And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
   John 12:1 - 8
   Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
   Luke 7:37 - 39
   And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 21:17
   And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
   John 11:18
   Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 26:6 - 13
   Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.
   Mark 14:3 - 9
   And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
   John 12:1 - 8
   Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
   
4. Cross References
   John 13:29
   Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
   
5. Cross References
   Matthew 16:8
   But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
   
6. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 15:11
   For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.
   
7. Cross References
   Matthew 9:15
   And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
   John 7:33
   Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
   
8. Cross References
   John 19:40
   So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
   
9. Cross References
   Matthew 24:14
   And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
   
10. Cross References
    Acts 10:4
    And he stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
    

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