John 12:8

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

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.’

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.

Matthew 26:11

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

John 13:33

“Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek Me, and as I said to the Yehuḏ

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.”

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.