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He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
Matthew 21:17 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
  • BSB Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
  • NKJV Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.
  • NASB And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
  • NLT Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • John 11:18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
  • Luke 24:50He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
  • Mark 11:11Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
  • John 11:1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
  • Mark 11:19When evening came, he went out of the city.
  • Matt 16:4An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.
  • Luke 19:29When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
  • Luke 8:37–38All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
  • Mark 11:1When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
  • Luke 10:38As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
  • Mark 3:7Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
  • Matt 26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
  • John 12:1–3Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
  • Hos 9:12Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
  • Jer 6:8Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.”

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