John 12:8
For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
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- Deut 15:11 : 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
- Mark 14:7 : 7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
- Matt 26:11 : 11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
- Song 5:6 : 6 I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
- John 8:21 : 21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”
- John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- John 13:33 : 33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
- John 16:5-7 : 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’ 6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
- Acts 1:9-9 : 9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight. 10 As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them 11 and said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”
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- Matt 26:9-124 verses95%
9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
12 When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- Mark 14:5-84 verses93%
5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
6 But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
- John 12:5-73 verses78%
5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
6 (Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)
7 So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
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20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
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9 Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
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11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
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22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
- Luke 14:12-143 verses70%
12 He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
13 But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- Mark 12:41-433 verses70%
41 The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.
42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
43 He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
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18 for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
- Luke 6:24-252 verses68%
24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.
25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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42 I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
- Mark 8:1-22 verses68%
1 The Feeding of the Four Thousand In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.
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6 So Jesus replied,“My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!
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34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
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28 “You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials.
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3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”?
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6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
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21 As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said,“You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
- Matt 25:42-432 verses67%
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.
43 I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
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45 Then he will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
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20 Jesus said to him,“Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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5 The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them
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4 However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,
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9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
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12 For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
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24 When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
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40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
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33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
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3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.
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21 Jesus said to him,“If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)
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19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.
- Matt 25:35-362 verses66%
35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’