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


In Context

8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.

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

10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

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

12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

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

Matthew 26:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:11For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:11For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:11For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:11for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:11For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always.