Trường Bộ Kinh (Digha Nikaya) 1:1099
SUJATOBhagavato pana mayaṁ, bhante, accayena na labhissāma manobhāvanīye bhikkhū dassanāya, na labhissāma payirupāsanāyā”ti.
But when the Buddha has passed, we won’t get to see the esteemed mendicants or to pay homage to them.”