John 12:8
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
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- Deuteronomy 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
- Mark 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
- Matthew 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.