Mark 14:7

7 For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you choose you can do acts of kindness to them; but me you 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 that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor." And they were exceedingly angry with her.

6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.

7 For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you choose you can do acts of kindness to them; but me you have not always.

8 What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

9 And I solemnly tell you that wherever in the whole world the Good News shall be proclaimed, this which she has done shall also be told in remembrance of her."