John 12:8
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.In other versions
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
ASV
The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
BBE
for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
DBY
For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."
WEB
for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'
YLT
For the poor always all of you have with you; but me all of you have not always.
ENG
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
WBT
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
BSB
In context
6This 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.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9Much 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.
10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;