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 ointment, and  she  poured  it  on  the  Saviour's  head  as  He  was at table.

Now the  whole  house  was  filled  with  the  perfume  of  the ointment. But Judas  Iscariot  said:  “Why  was  not  this  ointment sold for  three  hundred  pence  and  given  to  the  poor?’'  Then  the other disciples  also  had  indignation,  and  said:  “For  what  purpose is this  waste?”  Now  Judas  made  this  remark,  not  because  he cared  for  the  poor,  but  because  he  was  a thief  and  carried  the purse, and  was  already  possessed  by  the  love  of  money  which, a few days  later,  led  him  to  betray  his  Master.

But Jesus,  knowing  what  was  going  on  among  His  disciples, exclaimed: “Why  do  you  trouble  this  woman? for she  hath wrought a good  work  upon  Me. For the  poor  you  have  always with you,  but  Me  you  have  not  always. For she,  in  pouring this ointment  upon  My  Body,  hath  done  it  for  My  burial. Amen,

I say to  you,  wheresoever  this  gospel  shall  be  preached  in  the whole world,  that  also  which  she  hath  done,  shall  be  told  for  a memory  of  her.”

Our Lord's  prophecies.  He  foretold,  in  detail,  His  sufferings  and death. He also  foretold  His  burial,  and  His  resurrection  on  the  third  day.