John 12:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:11 : 11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;
  • Matt 26:11 : 11 for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;
  • Song 5:6 : 6 I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.
  • John 8:21 : 21 therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;
  • John 13:33 : 33 `Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews -- Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say `it' now.
  • John 16:5-7 : 5 and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go? 6 but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 `But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;
  • Acts 1:9-9 : 9 And these things having said -- they beholding -- he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight; 10 and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, `Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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    9for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'

    10And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

    11for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

    12for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she did `it'.

  • Mark 14:5-8
    4 verses
    93%

    5for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

    6And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

    7for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

    8what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

  • John 12:5-7
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    78%

    5`Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

    6and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

    7Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

  • Luke 6:20
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    20And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

  • John 12:9
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    9A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;

  • Deut 15:11
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    11because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

  • Luke 18:22
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    22and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

  • Luke 14:12-14
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    12And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

    13but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

    14and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

  • Mark 12:41-43
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    41And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much,

    42and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

    43And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;

  • Ps 9:18
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    18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

  • Luke 6:24-25
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    24`But wo to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

    25`Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. `Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

  • John 11:42
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    42and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said `it', that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'

  • Mark 8:1-2
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    1In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,

    2`I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

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    6Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;

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    34ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'

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  • Jas 2:3
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    3and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

  • Jas 2:6
    68%

    6and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

  • Mark 10:21
    67%

    21And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

  • Matt 25:42-43
    2 verses
    67%

    42for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

    43a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

  • Matt 25:45
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    45`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' not to one of these, the least, ye did `it' not to me.

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    20and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

  • Matt 11:5
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    5blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

  • Deut 15:4
    66%

    4only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it.

  • 2 Cor 8:9
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    9for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

  • Matt 13:12
    66%

    12for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

  • Luke 18:24
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    24And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, `How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

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    40`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.

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  • 2 Sam 12:3
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    3And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

  • Matt 19:21
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    21Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

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    66%

    19yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;

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    35for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

    36naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.