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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.
