The Morning Psalm

John 12:8

King James Version

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
John 12:8, KJV

John 12:8 in context

6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

About this book

The Gospel of John — summary, themes & key verses

That you might believe — the Gospel written to show who Jesus is and give life in his name.