11 For (A)the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall [a]open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:11 freely open

11 There will always be poor people(A) in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.(B)

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(A)For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; (B)but Me you do not have always.

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The poor you will always have with you,[a] and you can help them any time you want.(A) But you will not always have me.

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  1. Mark 14:7 See Deut. 15:11.

For (A)the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”

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You will always have the poor among you,[a](A) but you will not always have me.”

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  1. John 12:8 See Deut. 15:11.