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


In Context

4 But there were some that had indignation among themselves,'saying , To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

5 For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

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

8 She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

9 And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

Mark 14:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:7For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:7For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7for 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:7For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good: but me you have not always.