The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Matthew 26:10Aware of this, Jesus asked, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me."
Treasury of Scripture
For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always.
ye have.
Matthew 25:34-40,42-45
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: …
Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Mark 14:7
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
but.
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
John 13:33
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
