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Matthew 21:17
ESV And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
NIV And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
NASB And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
CSB Then he left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
NLT Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
KJV And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
NKJV Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.

What does Matthew 21:17 mean?

Jerusalem was crowded with travelers because of the Passover holiday, making lodging there difficult. Fortunately, Jesus also had good friends in the town of Bethany, about two miles away. Jesus likely spent the nights of that week at the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, returning to Jerusalem each day.

Jesus' relationship with these three may be the closest thing to a "friendship" seen in the Gospels. He stayed in their home when He was travelling and had frank and honest conversations with both Martha (Luke 10:38–42) and Mary (John 11:28–37). Matthew does not include the event, but Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead not long before this in a display of His authority and power over death (John 11).
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