4 and aplotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the apeople.”
The Anointing at Bethany
6 And when Jesus was in aBethany at the house of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.
8 aBut when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
9 For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
10 But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.
13 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
14 aThen one of the twelve, called bJudas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
15 and said, a“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
16 So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples
17 aNow on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, a“My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Matthew 26:6:
House {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
House {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Jesus {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jesus {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Jesus {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Simon {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
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