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


In Context

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

6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

7 Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

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

9 A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests thought to 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8for ye have the poor 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.