John 12:8

For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

Matthew 26:11

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.

Mark 14:7

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened to my love,
but my love had turned and gone away.
I was crushed that he had left.
I sought him, but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not answer.

John 8:21

Then He said to them again, “I’m going away; you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you cannot come.”

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.

John 13:33

“Children, I am with you a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ so now I tell you.

John 16:5-7

“But now I am going away to Him who sent Me, and not one of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Acts 1:9-11

After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

John 12:8

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

The poor

Deuteronomy 15:11

Matthew 26:11

Mark 14:7

Bible References

The poor

For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.