It just so happens that in saying "The poor you will always have with you," Jesus was quoting another well-known Biblical phrase—from a well-known passage of the Jewish Torah. Everyone hearing him back then would have caught his drift.
Here's the full original quote:
If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be … For the poor you will always have with you in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.' (Deuteronomy 15:7-11)
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If this country that call itself "Christian" had a safety net for people in trouble, it would help immensely. The ACA was a start but it is now in trouble. Subsidies for corporations are accepted but subsidies in bad times here are not. Jesus would hardly approve of today's so called "Christians". Chris Engemann Harris
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