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Matthew 26:5-7
EasyEnglish Bible
Matthew 26:5-7
EasyEnglish Bible
5 They said to each other, ‘We do not want to take hold of him during the Passover festival. If we do that, the people will be angry and they may fight against us.’
A woman pours beautiful oil on Jesus' head
6 Then Jesus went to Bethany and he visited Simon at his house. At one time, Simon had had a bad disease of the skin.[a]
7 While Jesus was eating a meal there, a woman came into the house. She brought a small stone jar with her. The jar contained expensive oil with a very nice smell.[b] She poured the oil over Jesus' head while he sat there.
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- 26:6 We believe that Jesus had caused Simon to become well again. Now Simon could live in his home in Bethany again.
- 26:7 The oil was called nard and people made it from a plant. The plant grows in the country called India. People kept the oil in a special stone jar. The woman had to break the jar to pour out the oil.
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