King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 26:11
“‹For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 26
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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.›
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‹For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.›
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‹For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did› [it] ‹for my burial.›
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‹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.›
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