The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so and because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand. Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake for there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land. Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me. Me By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial. Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Deuteronomy 15:10-11
Romans 4:16-18
Matthew 26:10-12
Revelation 8:3-5
