Matthew 26:11

Matthew 26:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
• New International Version (NIV)The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always.

Context of Matthew 26:11

9For this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” 10But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering the woman? For she has done a good deed for Me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. 12For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. 13Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Matthew 26:11 word by word

πάντοτε γὰρ τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἔχετε μεθ᾽ ἑαυτῶν, ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε.Read the interlinear

• For you alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• the poorπτωχόςptōchos · poorG4434

Cross-references for Matthew 26:11

• Matthew 25:34“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor will not cease to exist in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall fully open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’
• Mark 14:7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
• John 12:8For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
• Galatians 2:10They only asked us to remember the poor--the very thing I also was eager to do.
• 1 John 3:17But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
• Matthew 18:20For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”
• Matthew 28:20teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
• John 13:33Little children, I am still with you a little longer. You will look for Me; and just as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
• John 14:19After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
• John 16:5“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
• John 17:11I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
• Acts 3:21whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things, about which God spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times.

Commentaries on Matthew 26:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Ye 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 The pouring ointment upon the head of Christ was a token of the highest respect. Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good to bestow upon him. The more Christ's servants and their services are cavilled at, the more he manifests his acceptance. This act of faith and love was so remarkable, that it would be reported, as a memorial of Mary's faith and love, to all future ages, and in all places where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-13A similar anointing happened earlier in Galilee (Luke 7:36–50). Matthew includes this event here (compare John 12:1–8) to highlight different responses to Jesus. While the Jewish leaders were plotting to kill Jesus (Matthew 26:3–5) and Judas was preparing to betray him (26:14–16), the woman honored Jesus with her actions.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:11

• Anointing
• Bethany
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Mary
• Poor

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Matthew 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings