Originally Posted by BarryC
Originally Posted by Sako

OK... by this do you mean that if the women gave Jesus money he would have put it in his pocket? or do you think he would have wanted her to give it to the poor?

I find it hard to believe that the catholic church spent no money on those churches but spent money given to them by the poor and the people... This to say the catholic church should have used the money more wisely.

I'm saying that the poor you see were the very ones who built the church with money they collected and donated for that specific purpose.

I'm also saying Jesus said that spending money to glorify God is a legitimate use of funds. I think that is pretty plain from the passage.
Absolutely. It was Judas Iscariot who seemed worried about "wasting" money on glorifying Jesus. It was Jesus who told him the poor will always be with us, while he would not always be among them in the flesh.