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John 12:8

Poverty and the vulnerableJesus Christ

6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

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

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew 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 consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
KJV
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
WEB
For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
ASV
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
DARBY
for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
BLB
For you⁺ always have the poor with you, but not always do you⁺ have Me.”
ÅB
for de fattige har dere alltid hos dere, men meg har dere ikke alltid.
OTB
Dere vil alltid ha dem i nød hos dere, men dere vil ikke alltid ha meg."
B1930
for de fattige har I alltid hos eder, men mig har I ikke alltid.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 15:11

    For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

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  • Mark 14:7

    For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

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  • Matthew 26:11

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

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  • John 12:35

    Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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  • John 13:33

    Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

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  • John 8:21

    Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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  • John 16:5–7

    But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

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  • Acts 1:9–11

    And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

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