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Matthew 26:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 26:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Jesus was aware of their attitude, and he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has performed a good deed for me. 11 The poor you will always have with you,[a] but you will not always have me. 12 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has prepared me for burial.
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- Matthew 26:11 The poor you will always have with you: with these words Jesus does not intend to sanction poverty as if to condemn efforts to eradicate misery. He makes a simple observation: his disciples will have many occasions to aid the poor who, as Deut 15:11 states, will never be wanting in Israel.
Matthew 26:10-12
New International Version
Matthew 26:10-12
New International Version
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,[a](A) but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.(B)
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- Matthew 26:11 See Deut. 15:11.
Matthew 26:10-12
King James Version
Matthew 26:10-12
King James Version
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 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.
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Matthew 26:10-12
English Standard Version
Matthew 26:10-12
English Standard Version
10 But (A)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For (B)you always have the poor with you, but (C)you will not always have me. 12 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it (D)to prepare me for burial.
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