John 12:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.”

Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:6

My heart stood still while he spoke to me, but when I opened the door, my darling had disappeared. I searched and shouted, but I could not find him— there was no answer.

Matthew 26:11

You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.

Mark 14:7

You will always have the poor with you. And whenever you want to, you can give to them. But you won't always have me here with you.

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you for only a little longer. Walk in the light while you can. Then you won't be caught walking blindly in the dark.

John 13:33

My children, I will be with you for a little while longer. Then you will look for me, but you won't find me. I tell you just as I told the people, “You cannot go where I am going.”

John 8:21

Jesus also told them, “I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That's why I am commanding you to be generous with them.