Mark 14:7

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

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 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor." And they murmured against her.

6 And Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on Me.

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

8 She hath done what she could; she hath come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

9 Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of as a memorial of her."