John 12:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:11 : 11 Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies.
  • Matt 26:11 : 11 For yee haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shall yee not haue alwaies.
  • Song 5:6 : 6 I opened to my welbeloued: but my welbeloued was gone, and past: mine heart was gone when hee did speake: I sought him, but I coulde not finde him: I called him, but hee answered mee not.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shal seeke me, and shal die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Yet a litle while is the light with you: walke while ye haue that light, lest the darkenes come vpon you: for hee that walketh in the darke, knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • John 13:33 : 33 Litle children, yet a litle while am I with you: ye shall seeke me, but as I sayde vnto the Iewes, Whither I goe, can ye not come: also to you say I nowe,
  • John 16:5-7 : 5 But now I go my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 6 But because I haue saide these thinges vnto you, your hearts are full of sorowe. 7 Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you.
  • Acts 1:9-9 : 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they behelde, he was taken vp: for a cloude tooke him vp out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly towarde heauen, as hee went, beholde, two men stoode by them in white apparell, 11 Which also sayde, Yee men of Galile, why stande yee gasing into heauen? This Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen, shal so come, as yee haue seene him goe into heauen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 26:9-12
    4 verses
    95%

    9For this oyntment might haue bene solde for much, and bene giuen to the poore.

    10And Iesus knowing it, sayde vnto them, Why trouble yee the woman? For shee hath wrought a good woorke vpon me.

    11For yee haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shall yee not haue alwaies.

    12For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me.

  • Mark 14:5-8
    4 verses
    93%

    5For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her.

    6But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? Shee hath wrought a good worke on me.

    7For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies.

    8She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying.

  • John 12:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5Why was not this oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?

    6Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

    7Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

  • Luke 6:20
    71%

    20And hee lifted vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayd, Blessed be ye poore: for yours is the kingdome of God.

  • John 12:9
    71%

    9Then much people of the Iewes knewe that hee was there: and they came, not for Iesus sake onely, but that they might see Lazarus also, whome he had raysed from the dead.

  • Deut 15:11
    71%

    11Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

  • Luke 18:22
    70%

    22Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come followe mee.

  • Luke 14:12-14
    3 verses
    70%

    12Then said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor ye riche neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, & a recompence be made thee.

    13But when thou makest a feast, call ye poore, the maimed, the lame, and the blind,

    14And thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    70%

    41And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasurie, and many rich men cast in much.

    42And there came a certaine poore widowe, & she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.

    43Then he called vnto him his disciples, and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

  • Ps 9:18
    69%

    18For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.

  • Luke 6:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24But wo be to you that are rich: for ye haue receiued your consolation.

    25Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shal wayle and weepe.

  • John 11:42
    68%

    42I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me.

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1In those dayes, when there was a very great multitude, and had nothing to eate, Iesus called his disciples to him, and said vnto them,

    2I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue nowe continued with mee three dayes, and haue nothing to eate.

  • John 7:6
    68%

    6Then Iesus saide vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always readie.

  • John 7:34
    68%

    34Ye shall seeke me, and shall not finde me, and where I am, can ye not come.

  • Luke 22:28
    68%

    28And yee are they which haue continued with me in my tentations.

  • Jas 2:3
    68%

    3And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,

  • Jas 2:6
    68%

    6But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?

  • Mark 10:21
    67%

    21And Iesus looked vpon him, & loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, followe me, and take vp the crosse.

  • Matt 25:42-43
    2 verses
    67%

    42For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke:

    43I was a stranger, & ye tooke me not in vnto you: I was naked, & ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

  • Matt 25:45
    67%

    45Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

  • Matt 8:20
    67%

    20But Iesus saide vnto him, The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the heauen haue nestes, but the Sonne of man hath not whereon to rest his head.

  • Matt 11:5
    67%

    5The blinde receiue sight, and the halt doe walke: the lepers are clensed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receiue the Gospel.

  • Deut 15:4
    66%

    4Saue when there shall be no poore with thee: for the Lorde shall blesse thee in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, for an inheritance to possesse it:

  • 2 Cor 8:9
    66%

    9For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.

  • Matt 13:12
    66%

    12For whosoeuer hath, to him shalbe giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hath.

  • Luke 18:24
    66%

    24And when Iesus sawe him very sorowfull, he said, With what difficultie shall they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!

  • Matt 25:40
    66%

    40And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.

  • Luke 12:33
    66%

    33Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
    66%

    3But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

  • Matt 19:21
    66%

    21Iesus sayd vnto him, If thou wilt be perfite, go, sell that thou hast, & giue it to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, & come, and followe me.

  • John 13:29
    66%

    29For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.

  • John 14:19
    66%

    19Yet a litle while, and the world shal see me no more, but ye shall see me: because I liue, ye shall liue also.

  • Matt 25:35-36
    2 verses
    66%

    35For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you.

    36I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.