“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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8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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.
— Matthew 26:8 —
9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.