Matthew 26:11 Cross References

Matthew 26:11

11: You will always have the poor among you, but I will not be here with you much longer.

There will always be some among you who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share your resources freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not be here with you much longer.

Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and I will leave the world and return to the Father."

You will always have the poor among you, but I will not be here with you much longer."

Now I am departing the world; I am leaving them behind and coming to you. Holy Father, keep them and care for them--all those you have given me--so that they will be united just as we are.

Dear children, how brief are these moments before I must go away and leave you! Then, though you search for me, you cannot come to me--just as I told the Jewish leaders.

"But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and none of you has asked me where I am going.

In just a little while the world will not see me again, but you will. For I will live again, and you will, too.

Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Then the King will say to those on the right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.
I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'
"Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?
Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?

For I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink.
I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me no clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
"Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?'
And he will answer, 'I assure you, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.'

For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them."

But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?

For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his prophets.

The only thing they suggested was that we remember to help the poor, and I have certainly been eager to do that.

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