Matthew 26:11

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For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

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Referenced Verses

  • 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!
  • John 12:8 : 8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
  • Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”
  • John 16:28 : 28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
  • John 17:11 : 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 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.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 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.’
  • Matt 25:42-45 : 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.’ 44 Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’ 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.’
  • 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 14:19 : 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.
  • John 16:5 : 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’
  • Acts 3:21 : 21 This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

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    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.)

    7So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

    8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”

  • Mark 14:5-9
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    5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.

    6But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

    7For 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!

    8She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

    9I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

  • Matt 26:9-10
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    9It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”

    10When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

  • Matt 26:12-13
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    12When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

    13I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

  • Deut 15:11
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    11There 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.

  • Luke 6:20
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    20Then 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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    18for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

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    41The 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.

    42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

    43He 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.

    44For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”

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    22When 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.”

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    13But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

    14Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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    24“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

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    28“You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials.

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    6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

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    45You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.

    46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

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    1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

    2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

    3He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

    4For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”

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    42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

    43I 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.’

    44Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’

    45Then 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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    40And 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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    21As 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.”

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    35For 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,

    36I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

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    30You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually.

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    41But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.

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    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

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    34You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

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    42I 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.”