John 12:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

Common English Bible

⁸ You will always have the poor among you, but you won’t always have me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For the poor, you have with you always. But me, you do always not have."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.

John 12:8 Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away, had gone. My being went out when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Matthew 26:11

“For you always have the poor with you, but Me you do not have always.

Mark 14:7

“For you have the poor with you always, and you are able do good to them, whenever you wish. But you do not always have Me.

John 12:35

יהושע, therefore, said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. And he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

John 13:33

“Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek Me, and as I said to the Yehuḏim, ‘Where I am going, you are unable to come,’ I now also say to you.

John 8:21

Therefore יהושע said to them again, “I am going away, and you shall seek Me, and you shall die in your sin. Where I go you are unable to come.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

Because the poor one does not cease from the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one, in your land.’ ”