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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.

For {G1063} ye have {G2192} the poor {G4434} with {G3326} you {G1438} always {G3842}, and {G2532} whensoever {G3752} ye will {G2309} ye may {G1410} do {G4160} them {G846} good {G2095}: but {G1161} me {G1691} ye have {G2192} not {G3756} always {G3842}.

For you will always have the poor with you; and whenever you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 15:11 (10 votes)

    For 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.

  • Matthew 26:11 (4 votes)

    For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

  • Philemon 1:7 (2 votes)

    For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

  • John 12:7 (2 votes)

    Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

  • John 12:8 (2 votes)

    For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

  • John 16:28 (2 votes)

    I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

  • Matthew 25:35 (2 votes)

    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: