John 12:8 “The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have M…”

John 12:8

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

World English Bible

For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

American Standard Version

For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.

Darby Translation

for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

Young's Literal Translation

for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

Bible in Basic English

The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

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Cross references

“the poor”

Deuteronomy 15:11 Mark 14:7 Matthew 26:11

Deuteronomy 15:11 · BSB

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.

Mark 14:7 · BSB

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

Matthew 26:11 · BSB

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

“but”

John 12:35 John 13:33 John 8:21 John 16:5–7 Acts 1:9–11 Song of Solomon 5:6

John 12:35 · BSB

Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

John 13:33 · BSB

Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

John 8:21 · BSB

Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

John 16:5–7 · BSB

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Acts 1:9–11 · BSB

After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

Song of Solomon 5:6 · BSB

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

9Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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