Mark 14:7

7 The poor you will always have with you,^[a] and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

Mark 14:7 in Other Translations

7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.

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.

7 You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can do something for them. Not so with me.

7 You always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

Mark 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:7

For ye have the poor with you always
(See Gill on Matthew 26:11);

and whensoever ye will ye may do them good;
by feeding them when hungry, clothing them when naked, and supplying them with the necessaries of life:

but me ye have not always;
meaning, with respect to his bodily presence, which, in a short time, would be removed from them, and they would have no opportunity of showing him any such outward respect personally; (See Gill on Matthew 26:11).

Mark 14:7 In-Context

5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

7 The poor you will always have with you,and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.

9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 15:11

Footnotes

• [a]. See Deut. 15:11.