Matthew 21:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁷ He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And leaving them, He departed from the city and went out to Bethany and lodged there.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And leaving them behind, he went out, beyond the city, into Bethania, and he lodged here.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there.

Matthew 21:17 Cross References

Matthew 16:4

“It is an evil and spiritually unfaithful generation of people [that keeps on] looking for a [supernatural] sign; but there will be no [such] sign given to it except the sign of Jonah [i.e., being in the huge fish for three days].” Then He left them and went away.

Matthew 26:6

Now when Jesus was at Bethany [Note: This was a small village less than two miles east of Jerusalem], in the house of Simon, the man [who probably had been healed] of an infectious skin disease,

Mark 11:1

And when they [all] approached Jerusalem, and came close to Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives [Note: These small villages were about two miles east of Jerusalem], He sent two of His disciples on ahead,

Mark 11:11

Then Jesus entered the Temple in Jerusalem, and after looking around at everything [there], He left for Bethany with the twelve apostles, since it was evening by then. [Note: Jesus stayed overnight at Bethany during the week prior to His crucifixion. See verse 19].

Mark 11:19

And each evening He left the city [of Jerusalem, and went to Bethany for the night].

Mark 14:3

And while Jesus was in Bethany [Note: This was a small village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem], sitting at the dinner table in the house of Simon, the man with an infectious skin disease [Note: This man had probably been healed by now], a woman with an alabaster [i.e., stone] jar of very expensive perfume came to Him, broke the jar and poured the perfume on His head.

Mark 3:7

[Then] Jesus withdrew [from there] with His disciples and went to the lake [i.e., Lake of Galilee], being followed by a large crowd from Galilee. Also, a large crowd from Judea,

Luke 10:38

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village [i.e., Bethany. See John 11:1], and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.

Luke 19:29

And it happened when Jesus got close to Bethphage and Bethany [Note: These were two small towns about two miles east of Jerusalem], at a hill called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples,

Luke 24:50

Then Jesus led His apostles out [of Jerusalem] until they came near to Bethany [Note: This was a village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem]. [There] He raised His hands and asked God’s blessing on them.

John 11:1

Now a certain man named Lazarus, from Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. [See 11:18].

John 11:18

Now Bethany was close to Jerusalem, [being] fewer than two miles away,