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.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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.

The Message Bible (MSG)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

7 You will always have the poor with you and can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have me with you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

7 You will always have poor people with you. You can help them any time you want to. But you will 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).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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

1. Deuteronomy 15:11

Footnotes 1

[a]. See Deut. 15:11.