Matthew 26:11
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.
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
- KJV
- For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- WEB
- For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.
- ASV
- For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- DARBY
- For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
- BLB
- For the poor you⁺ always have with you, but not always do you⁺ have Me.
- ÅB
- For de fattige har dere alltid hos dere, men meg har dere ikke alltid.
- OTB
- For de fattige har dere alltid hos dere, men meg har dere ikke alltid.
- B1930
- For de fattige har I alltid hos eder, men mig har I ikke alltid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextMark 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.
Read in contextJohn 12:8
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Read in contextJohn 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Read in contextJohn 16:5
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextJohn 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Read in contextMatthew 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.
Read in context