NET Bible
"For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”"
— John 12:8, NET Bible
“For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.”
“For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always. ”
“For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."”
“For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.”
“The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.”
“For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.”
“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)
So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,
for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.