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Jesus Said When The Woman Poured The Alabaster Bottle Of Perfume On Him That Was Worth Almost A Year's Wages, And Judas, Who Was Very Money-minded, Said You Shouldn't Have Done That, Because You're Wasting That, We Could Have Sold That And Given It To The Poor. And Jesus Himself Said, You Will Always Have The Poor With You, But She Has Done This As An Honor To Me, And She Will Be Honored For It All Of Her Days. And So You Never Run Out Of Poor People. You Could Give Everything You Had, I Could Give Everything I Had, And The World Would Still Be Full Of Poor People.

-Joyce Meyer

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Jesus Said When The Woman Poured The Alabaster Bottle Of Perfume On Him That Was Worth Almost A Year's Wages, And Judas, Who Was Very Money-minded, Said You Shouldn't Have Done That, Because You're Wasting That, We Could Have Sold That And Given It To The Poor. And Jesus Himself Said, You Will Always Have The Poor With You, But She Has Done This As An Honor To Me, And She Will Be Honored For It All Of Her Days. And So You Never Run Out Of Poor People. You Could Give Everything You Had, I Could Give Everything I Had, And The World Would Still Be Full Of Poor People.

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