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John 12:8

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
πτωχοὺςptōchouspoorG4434 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
πάντοτεpantotealwaysG3842 →
ἔχετεecheteyou haveG2192 →
μεθ᾽meth᾽withG3326 →
ἑαυτῶν,he'autōnyourselves,G1438 →
ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
οὐounotG3756 →
πάντοτεpantotealwaysG3842 →
ἔχετε.¶echeteyou have.G2192 →

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Deuteronomy 15:11For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”Acts 1:9–11After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.John 16:5–7Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’Song of Solomon 5:6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.Luke 5:35But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”John 21:17Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.Acts 9:39So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.Mark 2:20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

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