Matthew 26:5-7

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⁵But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.”

The Anointing in Bethany

⁶Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of ^[a]Simon the leper,^(A) ⁷a ^[b]woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive ^[c]perfume and she poured it on Jesus’ head as He reclined at the table.

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Footnotes

Matthew 26:6 Most likely a man previously healed by Jesus. Otherwise he would not be able to have a home among others in the city.
Matthew 26:7 John the Apostle identifies this woman as Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus (Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8). Jesus was anointed in a similar way by an unnamed woman when He was in Galilee dining at the home of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-40).
Matthew 26:7 This was a thick, scented oil (nard) obtained from the root of a flowering plant grown in the Himalayas of Tibet.