John 12:8

Good News Translation

You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.”

Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened the door for my lover, but he had already gone. How I wanted to hear his voice! I looked for him, but couldn't find him; I called to him, but heard no answer.

Matthew 26:11

You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.

Mark 14:7

You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you; for the one who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

John 13:33

My children, I shall not be with you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the Jewish authorities, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’

John 8:21

Again Jesus said to them, “I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and in need, and so I command you to be generous to them.