Bible verse
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
John 12:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from John 12.
4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6 Judas 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 take from what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
8 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they 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,
11 for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
12 The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
KJV
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
ASV
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
ERV
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
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