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Matthew 26:11

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For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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  1. Matthew 26:9

    For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

  2. Matthew 26:10

    When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

  3. Matthew 26:12

    For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

  4. Matthew 26:13

    Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

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