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Matthew 26:5

American Standard Version

But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.

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Matthew 26:5 in other translations

But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

Matthew 26:5 · World English Bible

Matthew 26:5 in context

  1. 3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
  2. 4and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
  3. 5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.
  4. 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
  5. 7there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.