Matthew 26:11

New International Reader's Version

You will always have poor people with you. But you will not always have me.

Cross References

Matthew 18:20

Where two or three people gather in my name, I am there with them.”

Matthew 26:10

Jesus was aware of this. So he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

Mark 14:7

You will always have poor people with you. You can help them any time you want to. But you will not always have me.

John 12:8

You will always have the poor among you. But you won’t always have me.”

John 13:33

“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me. Just as I told the Jews, so I am telling you now. You can’t come where I am going.

John 14:19

Before long, the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and entered the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

John 16:5

But now I am going to the one who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

John 17:11

I will not remain in the world any longer. But they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name. It is the name you gave me. Keep them safe so they can be one, just as you and I are one.

Acts 3:21

Heaven must receive him until the time when God makes everything new. He promised this long ago through his holy prophets.

Galatians 2:10

They asked only one thing. They wanted us to continue to remember poor people. That was what I had wanted to do all along.

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be poor people in the land. So I’m commanding you to give freely to those who are poor and needy in your land. Open your hands to them.

1 John 3:17

Suppose someone sees a brother or sister in need and is able to help them. And suppose that person doesn’t take pity on these needy people. Then how can the love of God be in that person?