Deu 15:11 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land ] To this passage our Lord appears to allude : For ye have the poor with you always . God leaves these in mercy among men to exercise the feelings of compassion, tenderness, mercy, &c. And without occasions afforded to exercise these, man would soon become a Stoic or a brute.

‏ Deuteronomy 15:11

Verse 11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land] To this passage our Lord appears to allude Mr 14:7: For ye have the poor with you always. God leaves these in mercy among men to exercise the feelings of compassion, tenderness, mercy, &c. And without occasions afforded to exercise these, man would soon become a Stoic or a brute.