John 12:8
King James Version (KJV)
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
In context
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
John 12:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
- WEB World English Bible
- For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.