John 12:8

In 9 translations

BSB

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”See Deuteronomy 15:11.

KJV

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

WEB

For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

ASV

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

LSV

for you always have the poor with yourselves, and you do not always have Me.”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τοὺς πτωχοὺς γὰρ πάντοτε ἔχετε μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν, ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε.

RP2018

Τοὺς πτωχοὺς γὰρ πάντοτε ἔχετε μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν, ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε.

TR-Boyd

Τοὺς πτωχοὺς γὰρ πάντοτε ἔχετε μεθ᾿ ἑαυτῶν, ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε.

SCR1894

τους πτωχους γαρ παντοτε εχετε μεθ εαυτων εμε δε ου παντοτε εχετε

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• 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.
• 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.
• Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
• 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 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.”
• Acts 1:9–11After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of…
• John 16:5–7Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things. But I tell you the truth, it is for your…
• Song of Songs 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.

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