Matthew 26:11

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Matthew 26:11

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

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KJV

King James Version

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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WEB

World English Bible

For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.

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ASV

American Standard Version

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

For the poor you⁺ always have with you, but not always do you⁺ have Me.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 26

⁹ This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

¹¹ The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

¹² By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

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

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