Matthew 26:6

THE MESSAGE

When Jesus was at Bethany, a guest of Simon the Leper, a woman came up to him as he was eating dinner and anointed him with a bottle of very expensive perfume. When the disciples saw what was happening, they were furious. "That's criminal! This could have been sold for a lot and the money handed out to the poor."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

King James Version (1611)
Now when Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper,

King James Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

English Standard Version
Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

New American Standard Bible
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the Leper,

New Century Version
Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, who had a skin disease.

Amplified Bible
Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

Berean Standard Bible
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the leper,

Contemporary English Version
Jesus was in the town of Bethany, eating at the home of Simon, who had leprosy.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua was in Beit-Anyah, at the home of Shim‘on, the man who had had tzara'at.

Darby Translation
But Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper's house,

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Iesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

George Lamsa Translation
And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Good News Translation
Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease.

Lexham English Bible
Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

Literal Translation
And Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper's house,

American Standard Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Bible in Basic English
Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

Hebrew Names Version
Now when Yeshua was in Beit-Anyah, in the house of Shim`on the leper,

International Standard Version
While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,Matthew 21:17; Mark 14:3; John 11:1-2; 12:3;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And when Jeshu was at Bethania, in the house of Shemun the leper,

Murdock Translation
And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper,

English Revised Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

World English Bible
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came to him a woman;

Weymouth's New Testament
Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house of Simon the Leper,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Jhesus was in Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprous,

Update Bible Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

New English Translation
Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

New King James Version
Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8">[xr] And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

New Living Translation
Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.

New Life Bible
Jesus was in the town of Bethany in the house of Simon. Simon had a very bad skin disease.

New Revised Standard
Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, Jesus, happening to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

Revised Standard Version
Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Iesus was in Bethany in the house of Symon the leper

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now when Iesus was at Bethany in the house of Symon the leper,

Mace New Testament (1729)
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Meanwhile, Jesus was hangin' out in the town of Bethany with a fellow named Simon who used to have the bad skin rot.

Contextual Overview

⁶When Jesus was at Bethany, a guest of Simon the Leper, a woman came up to him as he was eating dinner and anointed him with a bottle of very expensive perfume. When the disciples saw what was happening, they were furious. "That's criminal! This could have been sold for a lot and the money handed out to the poor." ¹⁰When Jesus realized what was going on, he intervened. "Why are you giving this woman a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me. You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives, but not me. When she poured this perfume on my body, what she really did was anoint me for burial. You can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she has just done is going to be remembered and admired."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in Bethany: Matthew 21:17, Mark 11:12, John 11:1, John 11:2, John 12:1

Simon: Mark 14:3

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:2 - a leper Luke 5:12 - full Luke 7:36 - one John 12:2 - Martha John 12:3 - took

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when Jesus was in Bethany,.... Which was about fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, John 11:18, or about two miles from it. The time of Christ's death being at hand, he keeps nigh to Jerusalem, where he was to suffer and die, in the room and stead of sinners:

in the house of Simon the leper; so called, to distinguish him from others of the name. This epithet was either a family one, some person of note in it having been a leper; or else he is so named, because he himself had been one, but was now cured; though the reason interpreters give for this, that otherwise he would not have been suffered to live in a town, is not a good one; for lepers, according to the Jewish b canons, were only forbid Jerusalem, and towns and cities that were walled round, and not others, such as the village of Bethany. There were many lepers healed by Christ, which, among other things, was an evidence of his being the Messiah, and a proof of his deity, and this Simon was one of them; whether the same mention is made of in Matthew 8:1, is not certain, nor very probable; since that man lived in Galilee, at, or near Capernaum; this at Bethany, near Jerusalem: however, he was one of those lepers that had a sense of his mercy, and was grateful for it, as appears by his entertaining Christ at his house; and may teach us thankfulness to Christ, who has healed all our diseases; and particularly, the spreading leprosy of sin, with which all the powers and faculties of our souls were infected; and which was not in our own power, or any creature's, to cure, but his blood cleanses from it: and it may be observed, that Christ goes in and dwells with such whom he heals, and with such he is always welcome.

b Misn. Celim, c. 1. sect. 7. Maimon. Beth Hamikdash, c. 3. sect. 8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 26:6. In Bethany — For a solution of the difficulties in this verse, about the time of the anointing, see the observations at the end of this chapter.

Simon the LEPER] This was probably no more than a surname, as Simon the CANAANITE, Matthew 10:4, and Barsabas JUSTUS, Acts 1:23, and several others. Yet it might have been some person that Christ had healed of this disease. See Matthew 11:5.