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John 12:8
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
John 12:8 · Berean Standard Bible
John 12:8 in other translations
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
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In context
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.
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