8for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.


In Context

5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

6 But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.

7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

8 for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

9 A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among the dead.

10 But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also,

John 12:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:8You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:8For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:8For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:8For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8For the poor always you have with you; but me you have not always.