John 12:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.”
John 12:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
John 12:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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John 12:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.””
John 12:8 — World English Bible
John 12:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.”
John 12:8 — American Standard Version
John 12:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'”
John 12:8 — Young's Literal Translation
John 12:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. ”
John 12:8 — Darby Translation
John 12:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.”
John 12:8 — Geneva Bible
John 12:8 in Context — John 12
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.
8 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;
What Does John 12:8 Mean?
John 12:8 is a verse from the Book of John, part of the New Testament. It appears in John chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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