John 12:8

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

9Meanwhile 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.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 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.

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.

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 16:5Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks 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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