The poor you will always have ~ Cross reference of Matthew 26:11 to Deuteronomy 15:11
The context of this cross reference is that Jesus came to Bethany to the house of Simon the leper when a woman comes to him and pours alabaster perfume on his head. The disciples get angry that she wasted the oil when it could have been sold and used to feed the poor. Jesus tells them "The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me." Matthew cross references Deuteronomy 15:11 to justify what Jesus said. Let us see if Deuteronomy 15:11 says what Jesus said. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. ...