11 (A)For the poor will not cease [a]to exist in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall fully open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 15:11 Lit from the midst of

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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11 For you always have (A)the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.

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11 The poor you will always have with you,[a](A) but you will not always have me.

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  1. Matthew 26:11 See Deut. 15:11.

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

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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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Footnotes

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