Mark 14:7 “The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever…”

Mark 14:7

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies.

Darby Translation

for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.

Young's Literal Translation

for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

Bible in Basic English

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

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Cross references

“ye have”

Deuteronomy 15:11 Matthew 26:11 James 2:14–16 1 John 3:16–19 Matthew 25:35–45 Philemon 1:7

Deuteronomy 15:11 · BSB

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

Matthew 26:11 · BSB

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

James 2:14–16 · BSB

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

1 John 3:16–19 · BSB

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Matthew 25:35–45 · BSB

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Philemon 1:7 · BSB

I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

“but”

John 13:33 John 16:5 John 16:28 John 17:11 Acts 3:21

John 13:33 · BSB

Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

John 16:5 · BSB

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

John 16:28 · BSB

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 17:11 · BSB

I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

Acts 3:21 · BSB

Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

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