Mark 14:7
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For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
In other translations
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
Greek words
πάντοτεpantoteAlwaysG3842γὰρgarforG1063τοὺςtoustheG3588πτωχοὺςptōchouspoorG4434ἔχετεecheteyou haveG2192μεθ᾽meth᾽withG3326ἑαυτῶν,he'autōnyourselves,G1438καὶkaiandG2532ὅτανhotanwheneverG3752θέλητεthelēteyou may desireG2309δύνασθεdunastheyou are ableG1410αὐτοῖςautoisfor themG846εὖeugoodG2095ποιῆσαι,poiēsaito do,G4160ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473δὲdehoweverG1161οὐounotG3756πάντοτεpantotealwaysG3842ἔχετε.echetedo you have.G2192
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 15:11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.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 26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
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- John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- John 16:5But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
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- John 12:7-87 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial. 8 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
- Matthew 25:35-4535 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?35 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, 36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
- John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.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.
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