Mark 14:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} ye have{G2192}{(G5719)} the poor{G4434} with{G3326} you{G1438} always{G3842}, and{G2532} whensoever{G3752} ye will{G2309}{(G5725)} ye may{G1410}{(G5736)} do{G4160}{(G5658)} them{G846} good{G2095}: but{G1161} me{G1691} ye have{G2192}{(G5719)} not{G3756} always{G3842}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For ye shall have poore with you all wayes: and when soever ye will ye maye do them good: but me ye shall not have alwayes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Ye haue allwaye the poore with you, and wha so euer ye wil, ye maye do the good: but me haue ye not allwaie.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For ye haue poore with you alwayes, and whensoeuer ye wyll, ye may do the good: but me haue ye not alwayes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:11 : 11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.
  • Matt 26:11 : 11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me.
  • John 12:7-8 : 7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial preparation." 8 "For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me."
  • John 13:33 : 33 'Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you: Where I am going, you cannot come.'
  • John 16:5 : 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
  • John 16:28 : 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
  • John 17:11 : 11 I will no longer be in the world, but they are still 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.
  • Acts 3:21 : 21 Heaven must receive Him until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through the holy prophets from ages past.
  • 2 Cor 9:13-14 : 13 Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with all. 14 And in their prayers for you, their hearts will go out to you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?
  • 1 John 3:16-19 : 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.
  • Matt 25:35-45 : 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 visited me; I was in prison, and you came to 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? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’ 41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?’ 45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

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