Matthew 26:11
For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
In Context
10But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.
12For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
Cross References
Matthew 18:20For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
Matthew 25:42For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:
Mark 14:7The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.
John 13:33My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.
John 16:5But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?
John 17:11And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14
Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →