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For you will always have the poor – 4
ἀλάβαστρον – alabastron The alabaster receptacle of the anointing oil To understand why Jesus would say, “the poor are with you always,” we must understand anointing as commonly understood in the culture of the day. People traveled to and from homes with no running water mostly by foot and anointing is often associated with washing or cleansing. Jesus instructs…
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For you will always have the poor – 3
For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ – Deuteronomy 15:11 Certainly Jesus could have been referring to this command of Moses. Thus far we have examined two of the…
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For you will always have the poor – 2
“For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.” – John 12:1 NKJV This remark of Jesus cuts right to the quick, does it not? A sense of urgency here: the Son of Man is about to depart from the company of those the Lord came to save. An…
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