Misinterpretations often confuse this anointing with the earlier one in Luke 7 by a sinful woman at a Pharisee's house, assuming the same event; portray Simon the leper as actively diseased during the dinner, ignoring that he likely hosted as a healed man; or dismiss the woman's act as wasteful extravagance without grasping its prophetic symbolism of Jesus' burial preparation, echoing Judas' hypocritical complaint.
Matthew 26:6
King James Version (1769)
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Matthew 26:6 establishes the setting in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, where Jesus receives an extravagant anointing from a woman with costly ointment on his head, foreshadowing his burial and demonstrating profound devotion and recognition of his impending death and kingship, contrasting with the self-serving objections from others like Judas.