Matthew 26:11
for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
In Context
12for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].
Cross References
Matthew 18:20for where there are two or three gathered together — to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'
Matthew 25:42for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;
Mark 14:7for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;
John 13:33'Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews — Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say [it] now.
John 16:5and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?
John 17:11and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to 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 →