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


In Context

5 'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

6 and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

7 Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

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

9 A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;

10 and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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