This verse occurs word for word in both of the first two Gospels. (See Notes there.)

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you: but me ye have not alwa…

Alcuin of York: As the time approached in which our Lord had resolved to suffer, He approached the place He had chosen for Hi…

Mary seems to have been the only one who was sensitive to the impending death of Jesus and who was willing to give a material expression of her est…

For the poor you have always with you. We must observe what I have already pointed out, that a distinction is here drawn expressly between…

For the poor always you have with you
And so would not lack opportunities of showing a regard to them, which Christ …

Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not stop serving, as some who, when criticized for going too fa…

1. After narrating the traitor’s indignation at the kindne shown by the woman, the Evangelist now shows how our Lord put a stop to it.

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