For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”

For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’