Matthew 26:11
For, always, the destitute, have ye with you,—but, me, not always, have ye;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
In Context
12For, she, pouring this perfume upon my body, so as to prepare me for burial, did it.
Cross References
Matthew 18:20For, where there are two or three, gathered together into my name, there, am I, in their midst.
Matthew 25:42For I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat, [and] I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink,
Mark 14:7For, always, have ye, the destitute, with you, and whensoever ye please, ye can, unto them, [at any time] do well! But, me, not, always, have ye.
John 13:33Dear children! Yet a little, am I, with you. Ye shall seek me, and, just as I said unto the Jews, Whither, I, go, ye, cannot come, unto you also, I say it, even now.
John 16:5But, now, I go my way unto him that sent me, and, not one from among you, questioneth me—Whither goest thou?
John 17:11And, no longer, am I in the world, and, they, are, in the world,—and, I, unto thee, am coming. Holy Father! Keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, as, we.
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 →