Matthew 26:8-11

8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.

9 “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

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

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1. Deuteronomy 15:11

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[a]. See Deut. 15:11.

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