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Matthew 26:11

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, always, the destitute, have ye with you,—but, me, not always, have ye;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For yee haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shall yee not haue alwaies.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For you always have the poor with you, but you will not have me always.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— For in all time the poor you have with you, but me you have not in all time with you.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you always

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For 1063
{1063} Prime
γάρ
gar
{gar}
A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles).
ye have 2192
{2192} Prime
ἔχω
echo
{ekh'-o}
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω [[scheo]], {skheh'-o}; used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
poor 4434
{4434} Prime
πτωχός
ptochos
{pto-khos'}
From πτώσσω [[ptosso]] (to crouch; akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing), that is, pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed).
always 3842
{3842} Prime
πάντοτε
pantote
{pan'-tot-eh}
From G3956 and G3753; every when, that is, at all times.
with 3326
{3326} Prime
μετά
meta
{met-ah'}
A primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly denoting accompaniment; 'amid' (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive case association, or accusative case succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G0575 or G1537 and G1519 or G4314; less intimate than G1722, and less close than G4862).
you; 1438
{1438} Prime
ἑαυτοῦ
heautou
{heh-ow-too'}
(Including all the other cases); from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive (dative or accusative) of G0846; him (her, it, them, also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my, thy, our, your) -self (-selves), etc.
but 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
me 1691
{1691} Prime
ἐμέ
eme
{em-eh'}
A prolonged form of G3165; me.
ye have 2192
{2192} Prime
ἔχω
echo
{ekh'-o}
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω [[scheo]], {skheh'-o}; used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
always. 3842
{3842} Prime
πάντοτε
pantote
{pan'-tot-eh}
From G3956 and G3753; every when, that is, at all times.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Matthew 26:1-16.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Matthew 26:6-13.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 26:11

Ye have the poor always with you — Such is the wise and gracious providence of God, that we may have always opportunities of relieving their wants, and so laying up for ourselves treasures in heaven.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Matthew 26:11

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

(5) Christ, who was once anointed in his own person, must always be anointed in the poor.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
ye have:

Matthew 25:34-40 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: ... And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
Matthew 25:42-45 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: ... Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me.
Deuteronomy 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Mark 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
John 12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Galatians 2:10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

but:

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
John 13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
John 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
John 16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
John 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].
Acts 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 15:11. Mt 18:20; 25:34, 42; 28:20. Mk 14:7. Jn 12:8; 13:33; 14:19; 16:5, 28; 17:11. Ac 3:21. Ga 2:10. 1Jn 3:17.

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