Matthew 26:11 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:11

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 10, 11.) But Jesus, knowing this, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? For she has done a good work upon me. For the poor you have always with you, but me you do not always have. Another question arises, why did the Lord say to the disciples after the resurrection: Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the world; and now he says, but you do not always have me.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The poor must not rob Christ; we must do good to all, but especially to the household of faith. Christ's approbation and commendation of the kindness of this good woman. The more his servants and their services are cavilled at by men, the more he manifests his acceptance of them.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye have the poor always with you - And, consequently, have the opportunity of doing them good at any time; but me ye have not always; my bodily presence is about to be removed from you for ever. The woman, under a presentiment of my death is preparing me for my burial.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

We now approach the closing scene of our Lord Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry. Hitherto we have read of his sayings and doings: we are now about to read of his sufferings and death. Hitherto we have seen him as the Great Prophet; we are now about to see him as the great High Priest. It is a portion of Scripture which ought to be read with peculiar reverence and attention. The place we on we stand is holy ground.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντοτε	pantote	Always	G3842 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πτωχοὺς	ptōchous	poor	G4434 →
ἔχετε	echete	you have	G2192 →
μεθ᾽	meth᾽	with	G3326 →
ἑαυτῶν,	he'autōn	yourselves,	G1438 →
ἐμὲ	eme	Me myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
πάντοτε	pantote	always	G3842 →
ἔχετε.	echete	you have.	G2192 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:8
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:11
  For 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 13:33
  Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
Through
Deuteronomy 15:11
For 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…
leads to
- Mark 14:7
  The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 12:8
  The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
- Deuteronomy 15:8
  Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
Through
John 16:5
Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
leads to
- John 13:36
  “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
Through
John 16:28
I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
leads to
- John 13:1
  It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world,…