Mark 14:7

7 semper enim pauperes habetis vobiscum et cum volueritis potestis illis benefacere me autem non semper habetis

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 poterat enim unguentum istud veniri plus quam trecentis denariis et dari pauperibus et fremebant in eam

6 Iesus autem dixit sinite eam quid illi molesti estis bonum opus operata est in me

7 semper enim pauperes habetis vobiscum et cum volueritis potestis illis benefacere me autem non semper habetis

8 quod habuit haec fecit praevenit unguere corpus meum in sepulturam

9 amen dico vobis ubicumque praedicatum fuerit evangelium istud in universum mundum et quod fecit haec narrabitur in memoriam eius