Matthew 26:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:11 : 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
Mark 14:7 : 7 For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.
John 12:8 : 8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.
John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
John 17:11 : 11 And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we [are].
Gal 2:10 : 10 only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
Matt 25:42-45 : 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.
John 13:33 : 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye {G3756} cannot come; so now I say unto you.
John 14:19 : 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
John 16:5 : 5 But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Acts 3:21 : 21 whom the heaven {G3303} must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of {G3956} His holy prophets that have been from of old.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

John 12:5-8
4 verses
95%
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?
6Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
7Jesus therefore said, Suffer her {G863} to keep it against the day of my burying.
8For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
Mark 14:5-9
5 verses
94%
5For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.
8She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
9And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Matt 26:9-10
2 verses
76%
9For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Matt 26:12-13
2 verses
75%
12For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Deut 15:11
72%
11For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
Luke 6:20
71%
20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Ps 9:18
69%
18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Mark 12:41-44
4 verses
69%
41And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
43And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, {G3754} This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:
44for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living.
Luke 18:22
69%
22And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Luke 14:13-14
2 verses
68%
13But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
Luke 6:24
68%
24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Luke 22:28
68%
28But ye are they that have continued with me in my temptations;
Jas 2:6
68%
6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
Luke 7:45-46
2 verses
68%
45Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, {G846} since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she {G846} hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Luke 21:1-4
4 verses
67%
1And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
2And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, {G3754} This poor widow cast in more than they all:
4for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; {G2316} but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.
Matt 25:42-45
4 verses
67%
42for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.
Jas 2:3
67%
3and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, {G846} Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit {G5602} under my footstool;
Matt 26:6-7
2 verses
67%
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
Matt 25:40
67%
40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
Mark 10:21
67%
21And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Matt 25:35-36
2 verses
67%
35for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
36naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Exod 25:30
66%
30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.
Luke 11:41
66%
41But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
Acts 20:34
66%
34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
John 7:6
66%
6Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
Matt 19:21
66%
21Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
John 7:34
66%
34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot {G1410} come.
John 11:42
66%
42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.