John 12:8

because you will always have the destitute with you, but you won't always have me."

Deuteronomy 15:11

Since poor people won't cease to exist in the land, therefore I'm commanding you: Be sure to be generous to your poor and needy relatives in your land."

Matthew 26:11

You'll always have the destitute with you, but you'll not always have me.

Mark 14:7

because you'll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won't always have me.

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened the door for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away; he was gone! My very life went out when he departed. I searched for him, but couldn't find him. I called out to him, but he didn't answer.

John 8:21

Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."

John 12:35

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

John 13:33

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

John 16:5-7

"But now I am going to the one who sent me. Yet none of you asks me, "Where are you going?'

Acts 1:9-11

After saying this, Jesus was taken up while those who had gathered together were watching, and a cloud took him 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
Since poor people won't cease to exist in the land, therefore I'm commanding you: Be sure to be generous to your poor and needy relatives in your land."
Matthew 26:11
You'll always have the destitute with you, but you'll not always have me.
Mark 14:7
because you'll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won't always have me.

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