John 12:8

For the poor, you have with you always. But me, you do always not have.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7But Jesus said: “Permit her, so that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

9Now a great multitude of the Jews knew that he was in that place, and so they came, not so much because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:6My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.

Mark 14:7For the poor, you have with you always. And whenever you wish, you are able to do good to them. But you do not have me always.

John 12:35Therefore, Jesus said to them: “For a brief time, the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. But whoever walks in darkness does not know where is he going.

John 16:5But I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I am going to him who sent me. And no one among you has asked me, ‘Where are you going?’

Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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