“The Lord answers that there is abundant time in which they may show their care for the poor, but that salvation cannot be extended to the Gentiles but by obedience to His command, if, that is, by the pouring out of this woman's ointment they are buried together with Him, because regeneration can only be given to those…”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
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8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
— Matthew 26:10 —
11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.