John 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.””
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BSBPD
“The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 12:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 15:11For 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.
- Song of Solomon 5:6I 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.
- Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
- Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- John 8:21Again 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 12:35Then 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 13:33Little 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 16:5Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
- Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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