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.
KJV
πάντοτε γὰρ τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἔχετε μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν, καὶ ὅταν θέλητε δύνασθε εὖ ποιῆσαι, ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε.
Greek NT
semper enim pauperes habetis vobiscum : et cum volueritis, potestis illis benefacere : me autem non semper habetis.
Vulgate
For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.
ASV
For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will, you may do them good: but me you have not always.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτοῖς — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῖς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτοῖς πάντοτε — Westcott-Hort
- αὐτοὺς — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- Deut 15:11 — 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.
- Deut 15:11 — 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.
- Jas 2:14 — What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- John 12:8 — For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
- Lev 27:8 — But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
- Matt 10:42 — And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
- Matt 25:35 — 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:
- Matt 26:11 — For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- Matt 26:11 — For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- Prov 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- Prov 31:20 — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
- Prov 31:31 — Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
- Ps 41:1 — Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
- Ps 112:9 — He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.