“For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.”
You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me' — Jesus does not reject concern for the poor but reframes priorities: His own imminent death and the opportunity to honor Him supersede the perennial obligation to the poor. The saying affirms both the permanence of poverty and the uniqueness of Jesus' presence, establishing a hierarchy of Christian obligations.
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