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John 12:8
For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
John 12:8 · New Heart English Bible
John 12:8 in other translations
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
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In context
5 "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"
6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone, that she may keep this for the day of my burial.
8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
9 A large crowd therefore of the Judeans learned 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 conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
11 because on account of him many of the Jewish people went away and believed in Jesus.
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