Mark 14:7
“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 in 7 translations
- KJVKing 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.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always.
- ASVAmerican 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.
- DARBYDarby
- for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.
- WEBThe 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.
- YLTYoung'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;
- BPVBiblePics Version
- You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.
Context: Mark 14
5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
8She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
About Mark 14: The Last Supper and Betrayal
Jesus is betrayed by Judas, arrested, and brought to trial.
Commentary
Mark 14 is the account of Jesus' last days before his crucifixion. It begins with Jesus and his disciples celebrating the Passover meal together. Jesus then predicts his betrayal by one of his disciples, and the disciples are filled with sorrow. Jesus then goes to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, and his disciples fall asleep. Judas arrives with a mob of people to arrest Jesus, and Peter cuts off the ear of one of the men. Jesus then heals the man's ear and is taken away to be tried.