John 12:8

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

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’

Matthew 26:11

For you always have the poor with you; but you will not always have Me.

Mark 14:7

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do something good to them; but you will not always have Me.

Song of Songs 5:6


“I opened for my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My heart went out to him when he spoke.
I searched for him, but I could not find him;
I called him, but he did not answer me.

John 8:21

Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

John 12:35

So Jesus said to them, “The Light is among you [only] a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness will not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going [he is drifting aimlessly].

John 13:33

Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’

John 16:5-7

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Acts 1:9-11

And after He said these things, He was caught up as they looked on, and a cloud took Him up out of their sight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

The poor

Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’
Matthew 26:11
For you always have the poor with you; but you will not always have Me.
Mark 14:7
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do something good to them; but you will not always have Me.