Could you explain it a little more?

The short answer is: Matthew 26:6 is more than a geographical detail. The verse places Jesus in a setting of hospitality and vulnerability as he prepares for his death. Matthew 26:6: “Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,” The scene takes place near Jerusalem, shortly before the crucifixion. Bethany was connected with people close to Jesus, and it also stood in contrast to the growing tension in Jerusalem: while some leaders were looking for a way to stop him, Jesus was sharing a meal with his friends. The mention that the house belonged to Simon the leper is significant too: 1. Simon was known for having the disease or having suffered from it. The text doesn’t say whether he was still ill. If he had active leprosy, he would normally have had to live apart from the community. So perhaps people identified him by a condition he once had, or because he had been healed. 2. Jesus enters the home of someone marked by illness and stigma. This fits with the way he regularly drew near to people others avoided. Simon’s home becomes a place of fellowship rather than exclusion. 3. The verse sets up what happens next: a woman anoints Jesus with very costly perfume. Some are indignant and consider it wasteful, but Jesus understands the gesture differently: as an extraordinary expression of love and a symbolic preparation for his burial. That last idea appears later; here I’m summarizing it, not quoting it word for word. This distinction helps clarify the scene: the verse tells us where Jesus was, but the context shows why that place matters. Jesus is in the home of someone who has endured stigma, receives an costly expression of love, and at the same time knowingly moves toward his death. A measured application would be this: God doesn’t define people only by their past, their illness, or the label others have given them. And true love doesn’t always seem “efficient” to those calculating the cost; sometimes it recognizes Jesus’ worth and responds generously.