“Some one may perhaps think that there are four different women of whom the Evangelists have written, but I rather agree with those who think that they are only three; one of whom Matthew and Mark wrote, one of whom Luke, another of whom John. Matthew and Mark relate that this was done in the house of Simon the leper;…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
— Matthew 26:6 —
7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?