¹¹ You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.

¹¹ There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

⁷ You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But you will not always have me.

²⁸ Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.”

⁸ You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”

¹¹ Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;^[a] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ “But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going.

¹⁹ Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live.

³³ Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.

²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”