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


In Context

5 "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages. "

6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

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

9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

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 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 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.