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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Practice Kindness
Description: “For there will never cease to be poor in the land.” DEUTERONOMY 15:11Our Lord referred to these words when Mary poured an expensive jar of ointment over Him. Judas protested, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold, and the money given to the poor?” And Jesus said, “The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me” (John 12:8).Some have misinterpreted these words to mean that since there is nothing we can do to solve the problem, we don’t need to do anything. But it is important to read this in context: “For th...